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solvo, solvi, solutum, 3, v. a. ( perf. soluit, trisyll., Cat. 2, 13:
soluisse,
Tib. 4, 5, 16) [for se-luo; cf. socors for se-cords], to loosen an object from any thing, to release or to loose, remove any thing which binds or restrains another.
I.
To loose an object bound, to release, set free, disengage, dissolve, take apart.
A.
In a corporeal sense.
1.
Outwardly, to release.
a.
From fetters or custody, to free, set free, release; absol.:
solvite istas,
i. e. from fetters, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 64:
solvite istum,
id. Mil. 5, 32:
numquam, nisi me orassis, solves,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 62:
jube solvi (eum),
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52:
ad palum adligati repente soluti sunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:
ut vincti solvantur,
id. ib. 2, 5, 6, §
12: qui in compedibus corporis semper fuerunt, etiam cum soluti sunt, tardius ingrediuntur,
id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:
ita nexi soluti (sunt),
Liv. 8, 28, 9:
solvite me, pueri,
Verg. E. 6, 24:
fore ut brevi solveretur,
Suet. Vesp. 5; id. Tib. 65; id. Vit. 12.—With abl.:
canis solutus catena,
Phaedr. 3, 7, 20. — Transf., from the fetter of frost:
solutis amnibus (i. e. frigoris vinculo),
Stat. Th. 5, 15:
terrae quem (florem) ferunt solutae,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 10.—
b.
From reins, ties, bands, etc.: solve senescentem equum, from the rein, i. e. dismiss him from service, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8:
solverat sol equos,
unhitched, Stat. Th. 3, 407: currum solvere (i. e. ab equis, poet. for equos a curru), Sen. Thyest. 794: solvere epistulam, i. e. from the string by which it was tied (= to open), Nep. Hann. 11, 3:
et tibi sollicita solvitur illa (epistula) manu,
Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 2:
et jacet in gremio charta soluta meo,
id. H. 11, 4:
praecepit suis ne sarcinas solverent, aut onera deponerent,
Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3.—So of garments and sails, to unfurl, unfold: cum tunica soluta inambularet, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3; Front. Strat. 4, 1, 26:
soluta toga,
Quint. 11, 3, 147:
vela solvere,
Verg. A. 4, 574.—
c.
From any fastening (mostly poet. and post-Aug. prose), to detach from; constr. absol., or with ab or de, and abl.:
Caucasia solvet de rupe Promethei bracchia,
Prop. 2, 1, 69:
fraxinus solvitur,
from the ground, Stat. Th. 9, 498:
ceciditque soluta pinus,
id. ib. 9, 409; cf.:
pinus radice soluta, deficit,
id. S. 5, 1, 152:
solutis radicibus arbusta procumbunt,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 5:
accepi epistulam quam, ut scribis, ancora soluta de phaselo dedisti, i. e. a litore,
detached, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1 B. and K. (al. sublata;
but soluta is perh. an error of Cic. in the use of a technical term, v Orell. ad loc.).—In the same sense: solvere retinacula classis,
Ov. M. 15, 696; 8, 102:
querno solvunt de stipite funem,
id. F. 4, 333:
fune soluto Currit in immensum carina,
id. Am. 2, 11, 23:
curvo solves viscera cultro (i. e. de corpore ferarum),
Sen. Hippol. 53.—Of rain disengaged from the clouds:
imber caelesti nube solutus,
Ov. A. A. 2, 237: (Lunam) imperfecta vi solvere tantum umorem, disengage only the moisture, i. e. from the earth:
cum solis radii absumant,
Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45:
solutum a latere pugionem,
detached from his side, Suet. Vit. 15.—
d.
Esp., of ships: navem solvere, to free a ship from the land, i. e. to set sail, weigh anchor, leave land, depart.
(α).
With acc. alone:
eisce confectis navem solvimus,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 91:
navim cupimus solvere,
id. Mil. 4, 7, 17:
naves solvit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 36; 5, 8; id. B. C. 1, 28; 3, 14; 3, 26;
3, 102: primis tenebris solvit navem,
Liv. 45, 6:
postero die solvere naves (jussi),
id. 29, 25 fin.; Nep. Hann. 8, 2:
classem solvere,
Liv. 45, 41; Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 23.—
(β).
With ab and abl.:
navis a terra solverunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 101:
quinto inde die quam ab Corintho solverit naves,
Liv. 31, 7 med.:
solvunt a litore puppes,
Luc. 2, 649.—
(γ).
With ex and abl.:
nam noctu hac soluta est navis nostra e portu Persico,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 259:
interea e portu nostra navis solvitur,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 54.—
(δ).
With abl.:
complures mercatores Alexandria solvisse,
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50:
portu solventibus,
id. Mur. 2, 4.—
(ε).
Absol. (sc. navem or naves):
tertia fere vigilia solvit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 23:
nos eo die cenati solvimus,
Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:
altero die quam a Brundusio solvit,
Liv. 31, 14 init.:
qui inde solverant,
Val. Max. 1, 7, 3:
solvi mare languido,
Sen. Ep. 53, 1:
fortasse etiam ventis minantibus solves,
id. Ben. 2, 35, 5:
non eadem est his et illis causa solvendi,
making sea-voyages, id. Q. N. 5, 18, 16.—
(ζ).
With navis, etc., as subj., to leave the land (sc. se a litore):
naves XVIII. ex superiore portu solverunt,
Caes. B. G. 4, 28; and by another change of construction: solvimus oram, we freed the shore, i.e. from the ship, Quint. 4, 2, 41; id. Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—
(η).
Poet. usages:
de litore puppis solvit iter,
clears the voyage, Stat. S. 5, 1, 243:
nec tibi Tyrrhena solvatur funis harena,
Prop. 1, 8, 11 (cf.: retinacula solvere, c. supra).—
e.
Of secretions from the body ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
tempore eo quo menstrua solvit,
Lucr. 6, 706:
cruor solvitur,
Stat. Th. 9, 530:
lacrimas solvere,
id. Achill. 2, 256:
solutis lacrimis,
Claud. Ruf. 2, 258; so,
partus solvere,
to bear, bring forth, be delivered of offspring, Ov. F. 3, 258; Stat. Th. 5, 461; Plin. 28, 3, 6, § 33; 32, 1, 1, § 6.—
2.
To loosen an object from that which holds it together, to break up, part, dissolve, disperse, divide, take apart, scatter.
a.
In gen.:
omne colligatum solvi potest,
Cic. Fin. 11.—
b.
Of structures ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
solvere naves et rursus conjungere,
Curt. 8, 10, 3:
solvere quassatae parcite membra ratis,
Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 2:
dubitavit an solveret pontem,
Curt. 4, 16, 8:
solvere pontem,
Tac. A. 1, 69:
si pons solutus sit,
Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 7:
solutus pons tempestatibus,
Just. 2, 13, 9:
currum (solis) solutum,
Manil. 1, 740.—
c.
Of woven stuff:
solvens texta,
Prop. 2, 9, 6.—
d.
Of mountains:
utrimque montes solvit (Hercules),
Sen. Herc. Fur. 237:
tridente Neptunus montem solvit,
id. Agam. 553.—
e.
Of the neck:
soluta cervix silicis impulsu,
broken, Sen. Troad. 1119.—
f.
Of a comet:
momentum quo cometes solutus et in duas partes redactus est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 3.—
g.
Of the hair, to loosen, untie, let fall:
solve capillos,
Ov. Am. 3, 9, 3:
crinem,
id. A. A. 3, 784; id. M. 11, 682; 13, 584; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 46:
comas casside,
Ov. F. 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 4, 854.—
h.
Of the earth (so mostly P. a., q. v. infra;
post-Aug.): ita in terrae corpore evenit ut partes ejus vetustate solvantur, solutae cadant,
Sen. Q. N. 6, 10, 2:
ubi montis latus nova ventis solvit hiems,
Stat. Th. 7, 745. —
3.
To dissolve; pass., to be dissolved, changed, to pass over into ( poet. and postclass. for dissolvere, or transire in); constr. absol., or with in and acc.
(α).
Of a change into air or gas:
calor mobiliter solvens, differt primordia vini,
dissolving, parts the molecules of the wine, Lucr. 6, 235:
nam materiai copia ferretur per inane soluta,
id. 1, 1018; so id. 1, 1103:
ita fatus in aera rursus solvitur,
Stat. Th. 5, 285;
nec in aera solvi Passa, recentem animam caelestibus intulit astris,
Ov. M. 15, 845.—
(β).
Into a liquid, to melt:
saepe terra in tabem solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 7:
terram quam diximus esse mutabilem et solvi in umorem,
id. ib. 3, 29, 4:
nullum tellus se solvit in amnem,
Luc. 2, 408; ipsum in conubia terrae Aethera, cum pluviis rarescunt nubila, solvo, dissolve into the embrace of the earth, i. e. change into rain, Stat. S. 1, 2, 186:
ex Aethiopiae jugis solutas nives ad Nilum decurrere,
Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 17; so,
nivem solvere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 2; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 93; Sen. Herc. Oet. 729:
rigor auri solvitur aestu,
Lucr. 1, 493:
ferrum calidi solvant camini,
Manil. 4, 250:
cerae igne solutae,
Ov. A. A. 2, 47:
Iris cum vino triduo non solvitur,
Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142:
(herba) quinto die solvitur,
id. 26, 14, 88, § 148.—
(γ).
Of putrefaction:
(vitulo) per integram solvuntur viscera pellem,
Verg. G. 4, 302.—
(δ).
Of change in general:
inque novas abiit massa soluta domos,
Ov. F. 1, 108:
repentino crementur incendio, atque ex tanta varietate solvantur atque eant in unum omnia (sc. all the heavenly bodies),
Sen. Ben. 6, 22.—
(ε).
Of expansion by heat:
(uva) cum modo frigoribus premitur, modo solvitur aestu,
Ov. A. A. 2, 317.—
(ζ).
Hence, solvere, absol., to rarefy:
gravitas aeris solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 5, 1.—
(η).
Solvi in, to pass into, become:
in cacumine (herbae) capitula purpurea quae solvantur in lanugines,
Plin. 27, 8, 39, § 61.—Of a wave:
donec in planitiem immotarum aquarum solvatur,
disappears in, Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 2:
postremi (equi) solvuntur in aequora pisces (= solvuntur in pisces),
Stat. Th. 2, 47: lumina in lacrimas solventur, stream with tears. —Hence, solvere, causative, to make pass over, to make vanish in: circulum in pulverem, in quo descriptus est, solvere, Sen. Ep. 74, 27: soluti agri, the boundaries of which are effaced, Sic. Fl. Cond. Agr. p. 3 Goes.—
4.
To consume, to destroy, dissolve:
solvere orbes,
Manil. 1, 497:
ni calor et ventus... interemant sensum diductaque solvant (i.e. sensum),
Lucr. 3, 287:
(Cato) ferrei prope corporis animique, quem ne senectus quidem, quae solvit omnia, fregerit,
Liv. 39, 40, 11:
si (cometae) sunt purus ignis... nec illos conversio mundi solvit,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 2, 2:
(turbo) ab eo motu, qui universum trahit, solveretur,
id. ib. 7, 9, 4:
tabes solvit corpora,
Luc. 6, 18; 7, 809:
nec solum silvas, sed saxa ingentia solvit (ignis),
id. 3, 506:
ne tegat functos humus, ne solvat ignis,
Sen. Thyest. 750.—So, vitam solvere, to extinguish life, esp. of gradual or easy death:
solvas potius (vitam), quam abrumpas, dummodo, si alia solvendi ratio non erit, vel abrumpas,
Sen. Ep. 22, 3:
hanc mihi solvite vitam,
Prop. 2, 9, 39.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To free, release, loose, emancipate, set free; constr. absol., with abl. or ab and abl.; rarely with gen.
a.
From the body, etc.:
teque isto corpore solvo,
Verg. A. 4, 703:
soluta corpore anima,
Quint. 5, 14, 13:
qui solutas vinculis animas recipit,
Sen. Cons. 28, 8: si animus somno relaxatus solute (i. e. free from the shackles of the body) moveatur ac libere, Cic. Div. 2, 48, 100:
vocem solvere,
to set free the voice, to speak, Stat. S. 3, 1; Sen. Thyest. 682; so, responsa solve (pregn. = utter and disclose), Sen. Oedip. 292:
suspiria solvit,
Stat. Th. 11, 604:
solvat turba jocos,
Sen. Med. 114:
solutos Qui captat risus hominum (= quem juvat risus hominum solvere),
Hor. S. 1, 4, 83:
Ausonii... versibus incomptis ludunt risuque soluto,
unrestrained, free, Verg. G. 2, 386.—
b.
Of members or parts of the body: linguam solvere, to unfetter the tongue (sc. vinculis oris), to give flow to words:
linguam (Juno) ad jurgia solvit,
Ov. M. 3, 261:
lingua devincta nec in motus varios soluta,
Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 7:
ut quisque contemptissimus est, ita linguae solutissimae est,
id. Const. 11, 3:
(fama) innumeras solvit in praeconia linguas,
Luc. 1, 472. —Solvere bracchia, poet., to unfetter the arms, i. e. to move them:
magna difficili solventem bracchia motu,
Stat. Achill. 1, 604; cf.
of the free motions of animals: columbae soluto volatu multum velociores,
unrestrained flight, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—
c.
From obligations and debts:
solvit me debito,
Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 1:
an nos debito solverit,
id. Ep. 81, 3:
ut religione civitas solvatur,
Cic. Caecin. 34, 98; Liv. 7, 3, 9:
te decem tauri... Me tener solvet vitulus (sc. religione),
Hor. C. 4, 2, 54.—So from a military oath:
hoc si impetro, solvo vos jurejurando,
Just. 14, 4, 7.—Sacramento or militia solvere, to dismiss a soldier from service:
sacramento solvi,
Tac. A. 16, 13:
cum quis propter delictum sacramento solvitur,
Dig. 49, 16, 13:
militia solvere,
Tac. A. 1, 44.— Munere (publico) solvere, to exempt from public duties:
ut Ilienses publico munere solverentur,
Tac. A. 12, 58.—With obj. inf.:
ut manere solveretur,
that he should be excused from the duty of remaining, Tac. A. 3, 29.—
d.
From guilt and sin, to acquit, absolve, cleanse (cf. absolvere, to acquit of crime):
si ille huic (insidias fecerit), ut scelere solvamur,
be held guiltless, Cic. Mil. 12, 31:
atque hunc ille summus vir scelere solutum periculo liberavit,
id. ib. 4, 9:
sit capitis damno Roma soluta mei,
Ov. F. 6, 452:
ipsum quoque Pelea Phoci Caede per Haemonias solvit Acastus aquas,
id. ib. 2, 40:
Helenen ego crimine solvo,
id. A. A. 2, 371:
quid crimine solvis Germanum?
Stat. Th. 11, 379:
solutam caede Gradivus manum restituit armis,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1342. —
e.
From feelings, etc.:
quae eos qui quaesissent cura et negotio solverent,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:
cum ego vos solvi curis ceteris,
Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 33:
senatus cura belli solutus,
Plin. 22, 3, 4, § 7:
pectus linquunt cura solutum,
Lucr. 2, 45:
his terroribus ab Epicuro soluti et in libertatem vindicati,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56:
soluti metu,
Liv. 41, 14 init.; 27, 51:
solvent formidine terras,
Verg. E. 4, 14:
solve metu patriam,
Prop. 4 (5), 6, 41:
metu belli Scythas solvit,
Just. 9, 2, 2; so id. 14, 2, 5:
haec est Vita solutorum misera ambitione,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 129:
soluti a cupiditatibus,
Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 27:
his concitationibus quem vacuum, solutum, liberum videris,
id. Tusc. 5, 15, 43: et tu solve me dementia, [p. 1726] Hor. Epod. 17, 43:
longo luctu,
Verg. A. 2, 26:
tristem juventam solve (i. e. juventam tristitia),
Sen. Hippol. 450:
solvite tantis animum monstris, solvite, superi,
id. Herc. Fur. 1063:
Quis te solvere Thessalis Magus venenis poterit?
Hor. C. 1, 27, 21. — Poet.:
solvit animis miracula (for animos miraculis),
the soul from superstition, Manil. 1, 103.—And of animals:
rabie tigrim,
Manil. 5, 707.— Absol.:
ut ad praecepta quae damus possit ire animus, solvendus est (i. e. perturbationibus),
Sen. Ep. 95, 38:
calices, quem non fecere contracta in paupertate solutum?
i. e. from cares, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 20:
solvite animos,
Manil. 4, 12.—With in:
vix haec in munera solvo animum,
i. e. free it from passions and so make it fit for these duties, Stat. S. 5, 3, 33.—
f.
From sleep, very rare:
ego somno solutus sum,
awoke, Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29 (cf.: somno solvi, to be overwhelmed by sleep, 2. b, g infra).—
g.
From labor, business, etc.:
volucres videmus... solutas opere volitare,
Cic. Or. 2, 6, 23:
solutus onere regio, regni bonis fruor,
Sen. Oedip. 685.— Poet.:
Romulus excubias decrevit in otia solvi,
to be relieved from guard and enjoy leisure, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 79.—
h.
From rigidity, austerity, stiffness, etc., to relax, smooth, unbend, quiet, soothe ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
frontem solvere disce,
Mart. 14, 183:
saltem ora trucesque solve genas,
Stat. Th. 11, 373:
solvit feros tunc ipse rictus,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 797.— Poet.:
solvatur fronte senectus = frons senectute (i. e. rugis), solvatur,
be cleared, Hor. Epod. 13, 5:
vultum risu solvit,
relieves, Val. Max. 4, 3, 5:
risum judicis movendo, et illos tristes affectus solvit, et animum renovat,
Quint. 6, 3, 1; so,
solvere judicem,
unbend, excite his laughter, id. 11, 3, 3:
solvere qui (potui) Curios Fabriciosque graves (sc. risu),
Mart. 9, 28 (29), 4:
ut tamen arctum Solveret hospitiis animum,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 83:
cujus non contractum sollicitudine animum illius argutiae solvant?
Sen. Cons. Helv. 18, 5.— Transf., pregn.:
solventur risu tabulae,
i. e. the austerity of the judge will be relaxed by laughter, and the complaint dismissed, Hor. S. 2, 1, 86.—Imitated:
quia si aliquid omiserimus, cum risu quoque tota res solvitur,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—
k.
From any cause of restraint.
(α).
To release from siege:
Bassanitas obsidione solvere,
Liv. 44, 30:
patriam obsidione solvere,
Val. Max. 3, 2, 2. —
(β).
From moral restraints:
hic palam cupiditates suas solvit,
gave vent to, Curt. 6, 6, 1; v. also P. a., B. 7. infra.—
l.
From laws and rules: legibus solvere.
(α).
To exempt from laws, i. e. by privilege:
Vopiscus, qui ex aedilitate consulatum petit, solvatur legibus,
Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11:
cur M. Brutus legibus est solutus, si, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 13, 31:
ut interea magistratus reliquos, legibus omnibus soluti, petere possetis,
id. Agr. 2, 36, 99:
Lurco, tribunus plebis, solutus est (et lege Aelia et Furia),
id. Att. 1, 16, 13:
solvatne legibus Scipionem,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:
petente Flacco ut legibus solverentur,
Liv. 31, 50, 8:
Scipio legibus solutus est,
id. Epit. 56:
Licet enim, inquiunt, legibus soluti sumus, attamen legibus vivimus,
Just. Inst. 2, 17, 8; cf.:
ut munere vigintiviratus solveretur,
Tac. A. 3, 29.— Transf., of the laws of nature, etc.:
(aestus) illo tempore, solutus legibus, sine modo fertur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 28, 6:
solus (sapiens) generis humani legibus solvitur,
id. Brev. Vit. 15, 5:
nec leti lege solutas,
Lucr. 3, 687:
nec solvo Rutulos (i. e. legibus fati),
Verg. A. 10, 111.— With gen. (cf. libero), perh. only in phrase testamenti solvere, to release from a testamentary disposition:
et is per aes et libram heredes testamenti solveret,
Cic. Leg. 2, 20, 51; 2, 21, 53 (less prop. testamenti is taken as attribute of heredes); cf. Gai. Inst. 3, 175, and Hor. C. 3, 17, 16, P. a., B. 5. fin. infra.—
(β).
Legibus solutus, not subject to, released from:
reus Postumus est ea lege... solutus ac liber,
i. e. the law does not apply to him, Cic. Rab. Post. 5, 12:
soluti (lege Julia) huc convenistis, ne constricti discedatis cavete,
id. ib. 7, 18.—Of other laws:
solutus Legibus insanis,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 68:
quae sedes expectent animam solutam legibus servitutis humanae,
Sen. Ep. 65, 20.— Transf., of things: soluta legibus scelera sunt, unrestrained by the laws, i. e. crimes are committed with impunity, Sen. Ben. 7, 27, 1.— Of the laws of versification: numerisque fertur Lege solutis, referring to dithyrambic measures, Hor. C. 4, 2, 12 (cf. P. a., B. 11. infra).—
2.
To dissolve, separate objects which are united, to break up, dismiss.
(α).
Of troops, ranks, etc.:
ubi ordines procursando solvissent,
Liv. 42, 65, 8:
incomposito agmine, solutis ordinibus,
Curt. 8, 1, 5; so id. 8, 4, 6:
agmina Diductis solvere choris,
Verg. A. 5, 581:
solvit maniplos,
Juv. 8, 154:
solvuntur laudata cohors,
Stat. Achill. 2, 167.—Hence, to separate armies engaged in battle:
commissas acies ego possum solvere,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 59.—
(β).
Of banquets, assemblies, etc.:
convivio soluto,
Liv. 40, 14 fin.:
convivium solvit,
Curt. 8, 5, 24; 8, 6, 16:
Quid cessas convivia solvere?
Ov. F. 6, 675:
coetuque soluto Discedunt,
id. M. 13, 898.—Hence, urbem (Capuam) solutam ac debilitatam reliquerunt, disfranchised, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91.—
(γ).
Of the words in discourse, orationem or versum solvere, to break up a sentence or verse:
(discant) versus primo solvere, mox mutatis verbis interpretari,
Quint. 1, 9, 2:
quod cuique visum erit vehementer, dulciter, speciose dictum, solvat ac turbet,
id. 9, 4, 14:
ut partes orationis sibi soluto versu desideret et pedum proprietates,
id. 1, 8, 13:
non, ut si solvas Postquam discordia tetra, etc., invenias etiam disjecti membra poetae,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 60.—
3.
Implying a change for the worse.
a.
To relax, make effeminate, weaken, by ease, luxury, dissipation, etc. (post-Aug.):
Hannibalem hiberna solverunt,
Sen. Ep. 51, 5:
usque eo nimio delicati animi languore solvuntur,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 6:
infantiam statim deliciis solvimus,
Quint. 1, 2, 6:
solutus luxu,
id. 3, 8, 28; so Tac. A. 11, 31.—With in and acc.:
soluti in luxum,
Tac. H. 2, 99:
in lasciviam,
id. ib. 3, 38.— Transf.: versum solvere, to deprive a verse of its proper rhythm:
si quinque continuos dactylos confundas solveris versum,
Quint. 9, 4, 49.—
b.
To make torpid by removing sensation.
(α).
To relax, benumb the limbs or body;
as by narcotics, terror, sickness, exhaustion: multaque praeterea languentia membra per artus solvunt,
Lucr. 6, 798:
ima Solvuntur latera,
Verg. G. 3, 523:
solvi debilitate corporis,
paralyzed, Val. Max. 1, 7, 4:
ut soluto labitur moriens gradu,
Sen. Hippol. 368.—In mal. part., Hor. Epod. 12, 8; cf. Verg. G. 3, 523.— Poet.:
illum aget, penna metuente solvi, Fama superstes,
Hor. C. 2, 2, 7.—Of the mind:
segnitia (oratoris) solvit animos,
wearies, Quint. 11, 3, 52:
mentes solvere,
to make insane, Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25.—
(β).
By frost ( poet.):
solvuntur illi frigore membra,
Verg. A. 12, 951; 1, 92.—
(γ).
By sleep ( poet. for sopio):
homines volucresque ferasque Solverat alta quies,
Ov. M. 7, 186:
corpora somnus Solverat,
id. ib. 10, 369:
molli languore solutus,
id. ib. 11, 648;
11, 612: altoque sopore solutum,
id. ib. 8, 817:
somno vinoque solutos,
id. F. 2, 333; Verg. A. 9, 236:
ut membra solvit sopor,
id. ib. 12, 867:
non solvit pectora somnus,
Sen. Agam. 76.—With in:
solvitur in somnos,
Verg. A. 4, 530.— Transf., of the sea:
aequor longa ventorum pace solutum,
lulled to sleep, Stat. Th. 3, 255.—
(δ).
By death: solvi, to die ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
ipse deus, simulatque volam, me solvet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 78:
corporibus quae senectus solvit,
Curt. 89, 32 (cf. A. 4. supra):
(corpus) quam nullo negotio solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 2:
alius inter cenandum solutus est,
id. Ep. 66, 43:
ubicumque arietaveris, solveris,
id. Cons. Marc. 11, 3:
me fata maturo exitu facilique solvant,
Sen. Troad. 605:
solvi inedia,
Petr. 111:
sic morte quasi somno soluta est,
Flor. 2, 21, 11.—Hence,
4.
Of logical dissolution, to refute:
non tradit Epicurus quomodo captiosa solvantur,
how fallacies are refuted, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22:
argumentum solvere,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:
solutum scies quod nobis opponitur,
Sen. Const. 12, 3.—
b.
To disperse, dispel, as of a cloud:
deorum beneficia tempestiva ingentes minas interventu suo solventia,
Sen. Ben. 4, 4, 2.
II.
To loose, remove, cancel that which binds any thing.
A.
In a corporeal sense.
1.
In gen., to loose (weaker than rumpo;
post-Aug.): effringere quam aperire, rumpere quam solvere putant robustius,
Quint. 2, 12, 1:
qua convulsa tota operis colligatio solveretur,
Val. Max. 8, 14, 6:
supera compage soluta,
Stat. Th. 8, 31.—
2.
To remove a fetter, bridle, etc.:
nullo solvente catenas,
Ov. M. 3, 700: vincla jugis boum, Tib. 2, 1, 7:
solvere frenum,
Phaedr. 1, 2, 3:
loris solutis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 41.— Transf., of prisons:
qui, solutis ergastulis, exercitus numerum implevit,
Liv. Ep. 56; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 13; 11, 13, 2.—Of frost:
gelu solvitur,
it thaws, Tac. H. 1, 79:
solvitur acris hiems,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 1.—Of clouds:
facit igitur ventum resoluta nubes, quae plurimis modis solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 12, 5; 5, 12, 1.—Of the grasp of hands, fingers, etc.:
Aeacides a corpore bracchia solvit,
looses his hold, Ov. M. 11, 246:
indigno non solvit bracchia collo,
Stat. Th. 5, 217:
digitis solutis abjecit jaculum,
id. ib. 8, 585.—
3.
To untie a string, cord, necklace, etc., slacken or unlock an enclosure, open a box, trunk, etc.:
solve vidulum ergo,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 98:
eam solve cistulam,
id. Am. 2, 2, 151:
solve zonam,
untie, id. Truc. 5, 62:
solvisse jugalem ceston fertur,
Stat. Th. 5, 62:
animai nodos a corpore solvit,
Lucr. 2, 950:
nihil interest quomodo (nodi) solvantur,
Curt. 3, 1, 18:
quid boni est, nodos operose solvere, quos ipse ut solveres feceris?
Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 2:
solvere nodum,
Stat. Th. 11, 646:
laqueum quem nec solvere possis, nec abrumpere,
Sen. Tranq. 10, 1:
vix solvi duros a pectore nexus,
Ov. M. 9, 58:
fasciam solve,
Sen. Ep. 80, 10:
solutis fasciis,
Curt. 7, 6, 5:
solvi fasciculum,
Cic. Att. 11, 9, 2:
crinales vittas,
Verg. A. 7, 403:
Parmenion vinculum epistulae solvens,
Curt. 7, 2, 25:
equum empturus solvi jubes stratum,
Sen. Ep. 80, 9:
redimicula solvite collo,
Ov. F. 4, 135:
corollas de fronte,
Prop. 1, 3, 21:
solvere portas,
Stat. Th. 3, 492:
munimina valli,
id. ib. 12, 10:
ille pharetram Solvit,
Ov. M. 5, 380.— Transf., of the veins as enclosures of the blood:
solutis ac patefactis venis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 5:
venam cultello solvere,
Col. 6, 14; cf.
also: lychnis alvum solvit,
looses the bowels, Plin. 21, 26, 98, § 171; 21, 20, 83, § 140; Suet. Vesp. 24; Tac. A. 12, 67:
ventrem,
Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.— Absol. (sc. alvum), Mart. 13, 29:
stomachus solutus = venter solutus,
loose bowels, Petr. 117; Scrib. Comp. 92.—
B.
Trop., to slacken or remove a bond.
1.
Solvere aliquid (aliquod vinculum; cf. I. B. 1. supra).
a.
Of the mouth, etc., to open:
talibus ora solvit verbis,
Ov. M. 15, 74; so id. ib. 1, 181; Tib. 4, 5, 14:
ternis ululatibus ora Solvit,
Ov. M. 7, 191; 9, 427; id. Tr. 3, 11, 20; Stat. Achill. 1, 525:
vix ora solvi patitur etiamnum timor,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 725; so,
os promptius ac solutius,
Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.— Transf., of an abyss:
hic ora solvit Ditis invisi domus,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 664.—
b.
To remove, cancel; to destroy the force of a legal or moral obligation by expiration, death, etc.:
si mors alterutrius interveniat, solvitur mandatum,
Gai. Inst. 3, 160:
cum aliquis renunciaverit societati, societas solvitur,
id. ib. 3, 151; so id. ib. 3, 152:
morte solvetur compromissum,
Dig. 4, 8, 27:
soluto matrimonio,
ib. 24, 3, 2:
solutum conjugium,
Juv. 9, 79:
qui... conjugalia solvit,
Sen. Med. 144:
nec conjugiale solutum Foedus in alitibus,
Ov. M. 11, 743:
(sapiens) invitus beneficium per compensationem injuriae solvet,
cancel the obligation of a favor by the set-off of a wrong, Sen. Ep. 81, 17.—
c.
To efface guilt or wrong:
magnis injuria poenis Solvitur,
Ov. F. 5, 304:
solve nefas, dixit: solvit et ille nefas,
id. ib. 2, 44:
culpa soluta mea est,
id. Tr. 4, 4, 10:
neque tu verbis solves unquam quod mi re male feceris (i. e. injuriam),
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 10.—
d.
Poenam solvere, to suffer punishment, i. e. to cancel the obligation of suffering, etc. (cf. 3. infra;
less freq. than poenam persolvere, exsolvere): serae, sed justae tamen et debitae poenae solutae sunt,
Cic. Mil. 31, 85:
capite poenas solvit,
Sall. J. 69, 4:
meritas poenas solventem,
Curt. 6, 3, 14:
poenarum solvendi tempus,
Lucr. 5, 1224:
nunc solvo poenas,
Sen. Phoen. 172:
hac manu poenas tibi solvam,
id. Hippol. 1177.—
e.
To remove, relieve, soothe affections, passions, etc.:
atque animi curas e pectore solvat,
Lucr. 4, 908:
curam metumque juvat Dulci Lyaeo solvere,
Hor. Epod. 9, 38:
patrimonii cura solvatur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, praef. §
2: Pyrrhus impetus sui terrore soluto,
Val. Max. 4, 3, 14:
solvite corde metum,
Verg. A. 1, 562; so id. ib. 9, 90:
solve metus animo,
Stat. Th. 2, 356:
solvi pericula et metus narrant,
Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 140: neque adhuc Stheneleius iras Solverat Eurystheus, [p. 1727] Ov. M. 9, 274:
hoc uno solvitur ira modo,
id. A. A. 2, 460:
solvitque pudorem,
Verg. A. 4, 55.—
f.
Of sleep:
quasi clamore solutus Sit sopor,
Ov. M. 3, 6, 30:
nec verba, nec herbae audebunt longae somnum tibi solvere Lethes,
Luc. 6, 768; cf.:
lassitudinem solvere,
Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 143. —
g.
Of any checks and barriers to motion, to remove.
(α).
To raise a siege:
solutam cernebat obsidionem,
Liv. 36, 10, 14:
soluta obsidione,
id. 36, 31, 7:
ad Locrorum solvendam obsidionem,
id. 27, 28, 17; cf. id. 37, 7, 7; 38, 5, 6; 42, 56 init.; 44, 13, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 1; Tac. A. 4, 24; 4, 73; Just. 9, 2, 10.—
(β).
Of passions, etc., to remove restraint:
cujus si talis animus est, solvamus nos ejus vincula, et claustra (i. e. irae) refringamus,
Liv. 36, 7, 13.—
(γ).
To overthrow, subvert a higher authority, etc.:
quos (milites), soluto imperio, licentia corruperat,
Sall. J. 39, 5:
imperia solvit qui tacet, jussus loqui,
Sen. Oedip. 525:
sonipedes imperia solvunt,
id. Hippol. 1084; cf.:
sanctitas fori ludis solvitur,
Quint. 11, 3, 58.—
h.
Of laws and customs, to abolish, violate:
solvendarum legum id principium esse censebant (post-Aug. for dissolvendarum),
Curt. 10, 2, 5:
solutae a se legis monitus,
Val. Max. 6, 5, ext. 4:
cum plus quam ducentorum annorum morem solveremus,
Liv. 8, 4, 7:
(Tarquinius) morem de omnibus senatum consulendi solvit,
id. 1, 49, 7:
oportebat istum morem solvi,
Curt. 8, 8, 18.—
2.
Esp. with acc. of the bond, etc. (taking the place of the constr. I. B. 1. 2. 3. supra, when the abl. of separation is not admissible).
a.
To subvert discipline:
disciplinam militarem solvisti,
Liv. 8, 7, 16:
luxuria solutam disciplinam militarem esse,
id. 40, 1, 4:
quod cum, ne disciplina solveretur, fecisset,
Front. Strat. 2, 12, 2.—
b.
Of strength, energy, attention, etc., to loosen, impair, weaken, scatter, disperse:
nobilitas factione magis pollebat, plebis vis soluta atque dispersa,
Sall. J. 41, 6:
patrios nervos externarum deliciarum contagione solvi et hebetari noluerunt,
Val. Max. 2, 6, 1:
vires solvere,
Quint. 9, 4, 7:
vis illa dicendi solvitur, et frigescit affectus,
Quint. 11, 3, 133.—
c.
Of affection, etc., to sever, dissolve, destroy:
segnes nodum (amicitiae) solvere Gratiae,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 22;
similarly: solvit (ille deus) amicos,
Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 5; so id. 2, 15 (3, 7), 26:
hoc firmos solvit amores,
Ov. A. A. 2, 385:
amores cantibus et herbis solvere,
Tib. 1, 2, 60.—
d.
Of sickness and hunger, to end, remove:
vitex dicitur febres solvere,
Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 60:
solvit jejunia granis,
Ov. F. 4, 607:
quoniam jejunia virgo Solverat,
id. M. 5, 535; cf. Luc. 3, 282; so,
famem,
Sen. Thyest. 64.—
e.
To delay:
hi classis moras hac morte solvi rentur,
Sen. Troad. 1131.—
f.
Of darkness, to dispel:
lux solverat umbras,
Stat. Th. 10, 390.—
g.
Of war, strife, etc., to compose, settle:
aut solve bellum, mater, aut prima excipe,
Sen. Phoen. 406:
electus formae certamina solvere pastor,
Stat. Achill. 2, 337:
jurgia solvere,
Manil. 3, 115:
contradictiones solvere,
Quint. 7, 1, 38.—
h.
Of difficulties, riddles, questions, ambiguities, etc., to solve, explain, remove:
quia quaestionem solvere non posset,
Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 3:
aenigmata,
Quint. 8, 6, 53:
omnes solvere posse quaestiones,
Suet. Gram. 11:
haec ipsa, quae volvuntur ab illis, solvere malim et expandere,
Sen. Ep. 82, 20; id. Q. N. 7, 14, 1:
unum tantum hoc solvendum est,
that one question, id. ib. 1, 7, 3:
puta nunc me istuc non posse solvere,
id. Ep. 48, 6:
carmina non intellecta Solverat,
Ov. M. 7, 760:
triste carmen alitis solvi ferae,
Sen. Oedip. 102:
nodos juris,
Juv. 8, 50:
proponere aliquid quod solvat quaestionem,
Quint. 5, 10, 96:
plurimas quaestiones illis probationibus solvi solere,
id. 1, 10, 49:
quo solvitur quaestio supra tractata,
id. 3, 7, 3:
ambiguitatem or amphiboliam,
id. 7, 2, 49; 7, 9, 10.—
3.
In partic., of obligations, to fulfil.
a.
To pay.
(α).
Originally, rem solvere, to free one's property and person (rem familiarem) from debts (solutio per aes et libram), according to the ancient formula:
quod ego tibi tot millibus condemnatus sum, me eo nomine... a te solvo liberoque hoc aere aeneaque libra,
Gai. Inst. 3, 174 Huschke; cf.:
inde rem creditori palam populo solvit (i. e. per aes et libram),
Liv. 6, 14, 5:
quas res dari, fieri, solvi oportuit,
id. 1, 32, 11. —Hence, rem solvere, to pay; often with dat. of person:
pro vectura rem solvit?
paid the freight, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 27:
ubi nugivendis res soluta'st omnibus,
id. Aul. 3, 5, 51:
tibi res soluta est recte,
id. Curc. 4, 3, 21:
ego quidem pro istac rem solvo ab tarpessita meo,
id. ib. 5, 2, 20:
rem solvo omnibus quibus dehibeo,
id. ib. 5, 3, 45:
dum te strenuas, res erit soluta,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 35:
res soluta'st, Gripe, ego habeo,
id. Rud. 5, 3, 57.— Trop.: saepe edunt (aves);
semel si captae sunt, rem solvont aucupi,
they repay him, pay for his expenses, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 66.—And to pay by other things than money:
si tergo res solvonda'st,
by a whipping, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 54:
habent hunc morem ut pugnis rem solvant si quis poscat clarius,
id. Curc. 3, 9:
tibi quidem copia'st, dum lingua vivet, qui rem solvas omnibus,
id. Rud. 2, 6, 74.—Hence,
(β).
Absol. (sc. rem), to pay; with or without dat. of person:
cujus bona, quod populo non solvebat, publice venierunt,
Cic. Fl. 18, 43:
ei cum solveret, sumpsit a C. M. Fufiis,
id. ib. 20, 46:
misimus qui pro vectura solveret,
id. Att. 1, 3, 2:
qui nimis cito cupit solvere, invitus debet,
Sen. Ben. 4, 40, 5:
ut creditori solvat,
Dig. 30, 1, 49, § 7.— Pass. impers.:
si dare vis mihi, Magis solutum erit quam ipsi dederis,
it will be a more valid payment, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 46:
numquam vehementius actum est quam me consule, ne solveretur,
to stop payments, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:
fraudandi spe sublata solvendi necessitas consecuta est,
id. ib. 2, 24, 84:
cum eo ipso quod necesse erat solvi, facultas solvendi impediretur,
Liv. 6, 34, 1.—Cf. in the two senses, to free from debt, and to pay, in the same sentence:
non succurrere vis illi, sed solvere. Qui sic properat, ipse solvi vult, non solvere,
Sen. Ben. 6, 27, 1.—
(γ).
With acc. of the debt, to discharge, to pay:
postquam Fundanio debitum solutum esset,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10:
hoc quod debeo peto a te ut... solutum relinquas,
settled, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:
solverat Castricio pecuniam jam diu debitam,
id. Fl. 23, 54:
ex qua (pensione) major pars est ei soluta,
id. Att. 16, 2, 1:
solvi aes alienum Pompejus ex suo fisco jussit,
Val. Max. 6, 2, 11:
aes alienum solvere,
Sen. Ep. 36, 5:
quae jactatio est, solvisse quod debebas?
id. Ben. 4, 17, 1; so,
debitum solvere,
id. ib. 6, 30, 2:
ne pecunias creditas solverent,
Cic. Pis. 35, 86:
ut creditae pecuniae solvantur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 20; 3, 1:
ex thensauris Gallicis creditum solvi posse,
Liv. 6, 15, 5:
ita bona veneant ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46.—And of moral debts:
cum patriae quod debes solveris,
Cic. Marcell. 9, 27:
debet vero, solvitque praeclare,
id. Phil. 13, 11, 25:
aliter beneficium, aliter creditum solvitur,
Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 1:
qui grate beneficium accipit, primam ejus pensionem solvit,
id. ib. 2, 22 fin. —
(δ).
By a confusion of construction, solvere pecuniam, etc., to pay money, etc. (for pecunia rem or debitum solvere); constr. with dat. or absol.:
emi: pecuniam solvi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 43:
pro frumento nihil solvit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 72, §
169: legatis pecuniam pro frumento solvit,
Liv. 44, 16:
hanc pecuniam cum solvere in praesenti non posset,
Nep. Milt. 7, 6:
nisi pecuniam solvisset,
id. Cim. 1, 1:
condiciones pacis dictae ut decem millia talentum argenti... solverent,
Liv. 30, 37 med.:
pro quo (frumento) pretium solveret populus Romanus,
id. 36, 3, 1:
pretium servorum ex aerario solutum est dominis,
id. 32, 26, 14:
pretium pro libris domino esse solvendum,
id. 40, 39 fin.:
meritam mercedem,
id. 8, 22, 3; so id. 8, 11, 4: sorte creditum solvere, by paying the principal (i. e. without interest), id. 6, 36, 12:
quae praemia senatus militibus ante constituit, ea solvantur,
Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38:
stipendium,
Liv. 28, 32, 1:
dotem mulieri,
Dig. 24, 3, 2:
litem aestimatam,
the amount of a fine, Nep. Cim. 5, 18 fin.:
arbitria funeris,
the expenses of the funeral, Cic. Red. Sen. 7, 18:
solvere dodrantem,
to pay seventy-five per cent., Mart. 8, 9, 1:
dona puer solvit,
paid the promised gifts, Ov. M. 9, 794; so,
munera,
id. ib. 11, 104.— Transf., of the dedication of a book, in return for favors:
et exspectabo ea (munera) quae polliceris, et erunt mihi pergrata si solveris... Non solvam nisi prius a te cavero, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 4, 17 sq. —Of the delivery of slaves:
si quis duos homines promise rit et Stichum solverit,
Dig. 46, 3, 67; 46, 3, 38, § 3.— Transf., poet.: dolorem solvisti, you have paid your grief, i. e. have duly mourned, Stat. S. 2, 6, 98.— Pass. with personal subject:
si (actor) solutus fuisset,
Dig. 12, 1, 31 (cf.: solvere militem, b supra). —
(ε).
Esp., in certain phrases, to pay:
aliquid praesens solvere,
to pay in cash, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1; so,
aliquid de praesentibus solvere,
Sen. Ep. 97, 16:
solvere grates (= referre gratiam muneribus): Sulla solvit grates Dianae,
Vell. 2, 25:
quas solvere grates sufficiam?
Stat. S. 4, 2, 7: cum homo avarus, ut ea (beneficia) solveret sibi imperare non posset, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1; cf.: non dicimus reposuit beneficium aut solvit;
nullum nobis placuit quod aeri alieno convenit verbum,
Sen. Ep. 81, 9; but v. id. Ben. 2, 18, 5: in debitum solvere, to make a partial payment:
unum haec epistula in debitum solvet,
id. Ep. 7, 10: aliquid solvere ab aliquo (de aliqua re), to pay out of funds supplied by any one ( out of any fund):
Quintus laborat ut tibi quod debet ab Egnatio solvat,
Cic. Att. 7, 18, 4:
homines dicere, se a me solvere,
id. ib. 5, 21, 11:
(summa) erat solvenda de meo,
Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 2:
operas solvere alicui,
to work for somebody, Dig. 40, 7, 39: solvo operam Dianae, I work for Diana, i. e. offer a sacrifice to her, Afran. ap. Non. 12, 21: judicatum solvere, to pay the amount adjudged by the court, for which security (satisdatio) was required:
stipulatio quae appellatur judicatum solvi,
Gai. Inst. 4, 90:
iste postulat ut procurator judicatum solvi satisdaret,
Cic. Quint. 7, 29; so Dig. 3, 2, 28; 3, 3, 15; 2, 8, 8;
2, 8, 14 et saep.: auctio solvendis nummis,
a cash auction, Mart. 14, 35.— Gerund.: solvendo esse, to be solvent; jurid. t. t., to be able to pay, i. e. one's debts; cf.
in full: nec tamen solvendo aeri alieno respublica esset,
Liv. 31, 13:
nemo dubitat solvendo esse eum qui defenditur,
Dig. 50, 17, 105:
qui modo solvendo sint,
Gai. Inst. 1, 3, 121:
si solvendo sint,
Paul. Sent. 1, 20, 1:
nec interest, solvendo sit, necne,
Dig. 30, 1, 49, § 5; so ib. 46, 1, 10; 46, 1, 27, § 2; 46, 1, 51, §§ 1 and 4; 46, 1, 52, § 1; 46, 1, 28; 50, 17, 198 et saep.: non solvendo esse, to be insolvent:
solvendo non erat,
Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:
cum solvendo civitates non essent,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
tu nec solvendo eras, nec, etc.,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:
ne videatur non fuisse solvendo,
id. Off. 2, 22, 79;
and very freq. in the jurists.—So, trop.: quid matri, quid flebili patriae dabis? Solvendo non es,
Sen. Oedip. 941; cf.:
*non esse ad solvendum (i. e. able to pay),
Vitr. 10, 6 fin. —
b.
To fulfil the duty of burial.
(α).
Justa solvere; with dat. of the person:
qui nondum omnia paterno funeri justa solvisset,
who had not yet finished the burial ceremonies of his father, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:
justis defunctorum corporibus solutis,
Curt. 3, 12, 15:
proinde corpori quam primum justa solvamus,
id. 10, 6, 7:
ut justa soluta Remo,
Ov. F. 5, 452:
nunc justa nato solve,
Sen. Hippol. 1245.—
(β).
Exsequias, inferias or suprema solvere:
exsequiis rite solutis,
Verg. A. 7, 5:
cruor sancto solvit inferias viro,
Sen. Hippol. 1198:
solvere suprema militibus,
Tac. A. 1, 61.—
c.
Votum solvere, to fulfil a vow to the gods.
(α).
Alone:
vota ea quae numquam solveret nuncupavit,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 11:
quod si factum esset, votum rite solvi non posse,
Liv. 31, 9 fin.:
liberare et se et rempublicam religione votis solvendis,
id. 40, 44, 8:
placatis diis votis rite solvendis,
id. 36, 37 fin.:
petiit ut votum sibi solvere liceret,
id. 45, 44:
animosius a mercatore quam a vectore solvitur votum,
Sen. Ep. 73, 5:
vota pro incolumitate solvebantur,
Tac. A. 2, 69:
vota pater solvit,
Ov. M. 9, 707:
ne votum solvat,
Mart. 12, 91, 6; 8, 4, 2; Val. Max. 6, 9, 5 ext.; 1, 1, 8 ext. — Poet.:
voti debita solvere,
Ov. F. 5, 596; cf.
the abbrev. formula V. S. L. M. (voTVM SOLVIT LIBENS MERITO),
Inscr. Orell. 186; 1296 sq.:
V.S.A.L. (ANIMO LIBENTI),
ib. 2022 et saep.:
sacra solvere (=votum solvere),
Manil. 1, 427.—
(β).
With dat.:
ait sese Veneri velle votum solvere,
Plaut. Rud. prol. 60:
vota Jovi solvo,
Ov. M. 7, 652; 8, 153:
sunt vota soluta deae,
id. F. 6, 248:
dis vota solvis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 19, 4:
libamenta Veneri solvere (=votum per libamenta),
Just. 18, 5, 4.—
d.
Fidem solvere, to fulfil a promise (post-class. for fidem praestare, [p. 1728] exsolvere; cf.:
fidem obligatam liberare,
Suet. Claud. 9):
illi, ut fidem solverent, clipeis obruere,
Flor. 1, 1, 12;
similarly: et voti solverat ille fidem (=votum solverat),
Ov. F. 1, 642; but cf.: itane imprudens? tandem inventa'st causa: solvisti fidem, you have found a pretext to evade your promise (cf. II. A. 3.), Ter. And. 4, 1, 18: esset, quam dederas, morte soluta fides, by my death your promise to marry me would have been cancelled (cf. II. B. 1. 6.), Ov. H. 10, 78; similarly: suam fidem (i. e. quam Lepido habuerit) solutam esse, that his faith in Lepidus was broken, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 3.—With a different construction: se depositi fide solvere, to acquit one's self of the duty to return property intrusted to him (cf. I. B. 1. c.), Val. Max. 7, 3, 5 ext.: factique fide data munera solvit, he freed the gift already given from the obligation of an accomplished fact, i. e. he revoked the gifts, although already made, Ov. M. 11, 135.—
e.
Promissum solvere, to fulfil a promise (very rare):
perinde quasi promissum solvens,
Val. Max. 9, 6, 1:
solvitur quod cuique promissum est,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 20 fin.;
similarly: solutum, quod juraverant, rebantur,
what they had promised under oath, Liv. 24, 18, 5.—Hence, sŏlūtus, a, um, P. a., free, loose, at large, unfettered, unbandaged.
A.
Lit.
1.
(Acc. to I.A. 1. supra.) Pigeat nostrum erum si eximat aut solutos sinat, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 11:
tibi moram facis quom ego solutus sto,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 25:
reus solutus causam dicis, testes vinctos attines,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 63:
cum eos vinciret quos secum habebat, te solutum Romam mittebat?
Cic. Deiot. 7, 22:
nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,
unbandaged, id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:
duos (captivos) solutos ire ad Hannibalem jussit,
Liv. 27, 51:
eum interdiu solutum custodes sequebantur, nocte clausum asservabant,
id. 24, 45, 10:
non efficiatis ut solutos verear quos alligatos adduxit,
Val. Max. 6, 2, 3.—
2.
(Acc. to I. A. 2.) Of texture, etc.; esp. of soil, loose, friable (opp spissus;
postAug.): quo solutior terra facilius pateat radicibus,
Sen. Ep. 90, 21;
ordeum nisi solutum et siccum locum non patitur,
Col. 2, 9:
soluta et facilis terra,
id. 3, 14;
solum solutum vel spissum,
id. 2, 2 init.;
seri vult raphanus terra soluta, umida,
Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83:
hordeum seri non vult, nisi in sicca et soluta terra,
id. 18, 7, 18, § 79:
solutiores ripae,
Front. Aquaed. 15.—Of plants:
mas spissior, femina solutior,
Plin. 25, 9, 57, § 103.—Hence, subst.: sŏlūtum, i, n., a state of looseness:
dum vult describere, quem ad modum alia torqueantur fila, alia ex molli solutoque ducantur,
Sen. Ep. 90, 20.—
3.
(Acc. to I. A. 3.) Rarefied, thin, diffused:
turbo, quo celsior eo solutior laxiorque est, et ob hoc diffunditur,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 9, 3:
aer agitatus a sole calefactusque solutior est,
id. ib. 1, 2, 10:
debet aer nec tam spissus esse, nec tam tenuis et solutus, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 2, 11.—
B.
Trop.
1.
(Acc. to I. B. 1.) Of speech, unfettered, fluent, ready:
(orator) solutus in explicandis sententiis,
Cic. Or. 47, 173:
verbis solutus satis,
id. ib. 47, 174:
solutissimus in dicendo,
id. ib. 48, 180.—
2.
Exempt, free from duties, obligations, etc.:
quam ob rem viderer maximis beneficii vinculis obstrictus, cum liber essem et solutus?
Cic. Planc. 30, 72:
soluta (praedia) meliore in causa sunt quam obligata,
unmortgaged, id. Agr. 3, 2, 9:
si reddidi (debitum), solutus sum ac liber,
Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 5;
non ut gratus, sed ut solutus sim,
id. ib. 4, 21, 3;
solutus omni fenore,
Hor. Epod. 2, 4;
nam ea (religione) magister equitum solutus ac liber potuerit esse,
Liv. 8, 32, 5:
Mamertini soli in omni orbe terrarum vacui, expertes soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23.—
3.
Free from punishment, not punishable, not liable, etc.: qui mancipia vendunt, certiores faciunt emptores quis fugitivus sit, noxave solutus, Edict. Aedil. ap. Dig. 21, 1, 1, § 1; Gell. 4, 2, 1; cf.:
quod aiunt aediles noxae solutus non sit sic intellegendum est... noxali judicio subjectum non esse,
Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 17:
apud quos libido etiam permissam habet et solutam licentiam,
Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:
omne illud tempus habeat per me solutum ac liberum,
i. e. let the crimes then committed be unpunished, id. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33: antea vacuum id solutumque poena fuerat, Tac. A. 14, 28.—With subj. inf.:
maxime solutum fuit, prodere de iis, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 35: solutum existimatur esse, alteri male dicere, Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3.—
4.
Free from cares, undistracted:
animo soluto liberoque,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:
sed paulo solutiore tamen animo,
id. ib. 2, 5, 31, § 82.—
5.
At leisure, free from labor, business, etc.:
te rogo ut eum solutum, liberum, confectis ejus negotiis a te, quamprimum ad me remittas,
Cic. Fam. 13, 63, 2:
quo mea ratio facilior et solutior esse possit,
id. ib. 3, 5, 1.—With gen.:
Genium Curabis Cum famulis operum solutis,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 16.—
6.
Unbound, relaxed, merry, jovial:
quam homines soluti ridere non desinant, tristiores autem, etc.,
Cic. Dom. 39, 104:
an tu existimas quemquam soluto vultu et hilari oculo mortem contemnere?
Sen. Ep. 23, 4:
vultus,
Stat. Th. 5, 355:
(mores) naturam sequentium faciles sunt, soluti sunt,
unembarrassed, Sen. Ep. 122, 17.—
7.
Free from the rule of others, uncontrolled, independent:
cum videas civitatis voluntatem solutam, virtutem alligatam,
Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1:
ab omni imperio externo soluta in perpetuum Hispania,
Liv. 29, 1 fin.:
Masinissae ab imperio Romano solutam libertatem tribuit,
Val. Max. 7, 2, 6:
incerti, solutique, et magis sine domino quam in libertate, Vononem in regnum accipiunt,
Tac. A. 2, 4:
quorum (militum) libertas solutior erat,
Just. 13, 2, 2.—Of animals:
rectore solutos (solis) equos,
Stat. Th. 1, 219.—
8.
Free from influence or restraint; hence, independent, unbiassed, unprejudiced:
nec vero deus ipse alio modo intellegi potest, nisi mens soluta quaedam et libera,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66;
cum animi sine ratione motu ipsi suo soluto ac libero incitarentur,
id. Div. 1, 2, 4:
judicio senatus soluto et libero,
id. Phil. 5, 15, 41:
sum enim ad dignitatem in re publica solutus,
id. Att. 1, 13, 2:
libero tempore cum soluta vobis est eligendi optio,
id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:
si omnia mihi essent solutissima, tamen in re publica non alius essem atque nunc sum,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:
liberi enim ad causas solutique veniebant,
uncommitted, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192.—
9.
Free from moral restraint; hence, unbridled, insolent, loose:
amores soluti et liberi,
Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:
licentia,
id. ib. 4, 4, 4:
populi quamvis soluti ecfrenatique sint,
id. ib. 1, 34, 53:
quis erat qui sibi solutam P. Clodii praeturam sine maximo metu proponeret? Solutam autem fore videbatis, nisi esset is consul qui eam auderet possetque constringere,
id. Mil. 13, 34:
quominus conspectus, eo solutior erat,
Liv. 27, 31 fin.:
adulescentes aliquot quorum, in regno, libido solutior fuerat,
id. 2, 1, 2:
solutioris vitae primos adulescentiae annos egisse fertur,
a licentious life, Val. Max. 2, 6, 1:
spectandi solutissimum morem corrigere,
Suet. Aug. 44:
mores soluti,
licentious habits, Just. 3, 3, 10.—
10.
Regardless of rules, careless, loose:
orator tam solutus et mollis in gestu,
Cic. Brut. 62, 225:
dicta factaque ejus solutiora, et quandam sui neglegentiam praeferentia,
Tac. A. 16, 18.—
11.
Esp., of style, etc., free from rules of composition.
(α).
Oratio soluta, verba soluta, a free style, conversational or epistolary style:
est oratio aliqua vincta atque contexta, soluta alia, qualis in sermone et epistulis,
Quint. 9, 4, 19; 9, 4, 20; 9, 4, 69; 9, 4, 77.—
(β).
More freq.: verba soluta, oratio soluta, prose (opp. to verse);
in full: scribere conabar verba soluta modis, Ov Tr. 4, 10, 24: quod (Isocrates) verbis solutis numeros primus adjunxerit,
Cic. Or. 52, 174:
mollis est enim oratio philosophorum... nec vincta numeris, sed soluta liberius,
id. ib. 19, 64; 71, 234;
68, 228: si omnes soluta oratione scripserunt,
Varr. R. R. 4, 1; de heisce rebus treis libros ad te mittere institui;
de oratione soluta duos, de poetica unum,
id. L. L. 6, 11 fin.:
ut in soluta oratione, sic in poemateis,
id. ib. 7, 1:
primus (Isocrates) intellexit. etiam in soluta oratione, dum versum effugeres modum et numerum quemdam debere servari,
Cic. Brut. 8, 32:
Aristoteles judicat heroum numerum grandiorem quam desideret soluta oratio,
id. Or. 57, 192:
et creticus et paeon quam commodissume putatur in solutam orationem illigari,
id. ib. 64, 215:
a modis quibusdam, cantu remoto, soluta esse videatur oratio,
id. ib. 55, 183; 55, 184; id. de Or. 3, 48, 184: historia est quodammodo carmen solutum, Quint. 10, 1, 31.—
(γ).
Also in reference to a prose rhythm, loose, unrhythmical, inharmonious:
ut verba neque inligata sint, quasi... versus, neque ita soluta ut vagentur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 176; 3, 48, 186:
nec vero haec (Callidii verba) soluta nec diffluentia, sed astricta numeris,
id. Brut. 79, 274:
orator sic illigat sententiam verbis ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,
id. de Or. 3, 44, 175; but: verba soluta suis figuris, words freed from their proper meaning, i.e. metaphors, Manil. 1, 24.—
(δ).
Rarely with reference to the thought: soluta oratio, a fragmentary, disconnected style:
soluta oratio, et e singulis non membris, sed frustis, collata, structura caret,
Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 9, 4, 69:
solutiora componere,
id. 10, 4, 1; 9, 4, 15.—
12.
Effeminate, luxurious (acc. to I. B. 3.):
sinum togae in dextrum umerum reicere, solutum ac delicatum est,
Quint. 11, 3, 146.—
13.
Undisciplined, disorderly:
omnia soluta apud hostes esse,
Liv. 8, 30, 3:
nihil temeritate solutum,
Tac. A. 13, 40:
apud Achaeos neglecta omnia ac soluta fuere,
Just. 34, 2, 2.—
14.
Lax, remiss, weak:
mea lenitas adhuc si cui solutior visa erat,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:
Ciceronem male audivisse, tamquam solutum et enervem,
Tac. Or. 18:
soluti ac fluentes,
Quint. 1, 2, 8.—Hence:
solutum genus orationis,
a lifeless, dull style, Val. Max. 8, 10, 3:
quanto longius abscederent, eo solutiore cura,
laxer attention, Liv. 3, 8, 8.—
C.
(Acc. to II. B. 3. e supra.) Paid, discharged, only as subst.: sŏlūtum, i, n., that which is paid, a discharged debt, in certain phrases:
aliquid in solutum dare,
to give something in payment, Dig. 46, 3, 45; 46, 3, 46; 46, 3, 60: in solutum accipere, to accept in payment:
qui voluntatem bonam in solutum accipit,
Sen. Ben. 7, 16, 4:
qui rem in solutum accipit,
Dig. 42, 4, 15; 12, 1, 19;
in solutum imputare,
to charge as payment, Sen. Ep. 8, 10; aliquid pro soluto est, is considered as paid or cancelled:
pro soluto id in quo creditor accipiendo moram fecit, oportet esse,
Dig. 46, 3, 72: pro soluto usucapere, to acquire by prescription something given in payment by the debtor, but not belonging to him:
pro soluto usucapit qui rem debiti causa recepit,
Dig. 41, 3, 46.— Adv.: sŏlūtē.
1.
Thinly:
corpora diffusa solute,
Lucr. 4, 53.—
2.
Of speech, fluently:
non refert videre quid dicendum est, nisi id queas solute ac suaviter dicere,
Cic. Brut. 29, 110:
ita facile soluteque volvebat sententias,
id. ib. 81, 280:
quid ipse compositus alias, et velut eluctantium verborum, solutius promptiusque eloquebatur,
Tac. A. 4, 31.—
3.
Irregularly, loosely:
a fabris neglegentius solutiusque composita,
Sen. Q. N. 6, 30, 4.—
4.
Freely, without restraint:
generaliter puto judicem justum... solutius aequitatem sequi,
i. e. without strictly regarding the letter of the law, Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—
5.
Of style, without connection, loosely:
enuntiare,
Quint. 11, 2, 47.—
6.
Of manners and discipline, disorderly, negligently:
praecipue sub imperio Cn. Manlii solute ac neglegenter habiti sunt (exercitus),
Liv. 39, 1, 4:
in stationibus solute ac neglegenter agentes,
id. 23, 37, 6.—
7.
Weakly, tamely, without vigor:
quod ille tam solute egisset, tam leniter, tam oscitanter,
Cic. Brut. 80, 277.—
8.
Of morals, loosely, without restraint:
ventitabat illuc Nero, quo solutius urbem extra lasciviret,
Tac. A. 13, 47.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > solutum
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solvo, solvi, solutum, 3, v. a. ( perf. soluit, trisyll., Cat. 2, 13:
soluisse,
Tib. 4, 5, 16) [for se-luo; cf. socors for se-cords], to loosen an object from any thing, to release or to loose, remove any thing which binds or restrains another.
I.
To loose an object bound, to release, set free, disengage, dissolve, take apart.
A.
In a corporeal sense.
1.
Outwardly, to release.
a.
From fetters or custody, to free, set free, release; absol.:
solvite istas,
i. e. from fetters, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 64:
solvite istum,
id. Mil. 5, 32:
numquam, nisi me orassis, solves,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 62:
jube solvi (eum),
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52:
ad palum adligati repente soluti sunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:
ut vincti solvantur,
id. ib. 2, 5, 6, §
12: qui in compedibus corporis semper fuerunt, etiam cum soluti sunt, tardius ingrediuntur,
id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:
ita nexi soluti (sunt),
Liv. 8, 28, 9:
solvite me, pueri,
Verg. E. 6, 24:
fore ut brevi solveretur,
Suet. Vesp. 5; id. Tib. 65; id. Vit. 12.—With abl.:
canis solutus catena,
Phaedr. 3, 7, 20. — Transf., from the fetter of frost:
solutis amnibus (i. e. frigoris vinculo),
Stat. Th. 5, 15:
terrae quem (florem) ferunt solutae,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 10.—
b.
From reins, ties, bands, etc.: solve senescentem equum, from the rein, i. e. dismiss him from service, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8:
solverat sol equos,
unhitched, Stat. Th. 3, 407: currum solvere (i. e. ab equis, poet. for equos a curru), Sen. Thyest. 794: solvere epistulam, i. e. from the string by which it was tied (= to open), Nep. Hann. 11, 3:
et tibi sollicita solvitur illa (epistula) manu,
Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 2:
et jacet in gremio charta soluta meo,
id. H. 11, 4:
praecepit suis ne sarcinas solverent, aut onera deponerent,
Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3.—So of garments and sails, to unfurl, unfold: cum tunica soluta inambularet, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3; Front. Strat. 4, 1, 26:
soluta toga,
Quint. 11, 3, 147:
vela solvere,
Verg. A. 4, 574.—
c.
From any fastening (mostly poet. and post-Aug. prose), to detach from; constr. absol., or with ab or de, and abl.:
Caucasia solvet de rupe Promethei bracchia,
Prop. 2, 1, 69:
fraxinus solvitur,
from the ground, Stat. Th. 9, 498:
ceciditque soluta pinus,
id. ib. 9, 409; cf.:
pinus radice soluta, deficit,
id. S. 5, 1, 152:
solutis radicibus arbusta procumbunt,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 5:
accepi epistulam quam, ut scribis, ancora soluta de phaselo dedisti, i. e. a litore,
detached, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1 B. and K. (al. sublata;
but soluta is perh. an error of Cic. in the use of a technical term, v Orell. ad loc.).—In the same sense: solvere retinacula classis,
Ov. M. 15, 696; 8, 102:
querno solvunt de stipite funem,
id. F. 4, 333:
fune soluto Currit in immensum carina,
id. Am. 2, 11, 23:
curvo solves viscera cultro (i. e. de corpore ferarum),
Sen. Hippol. 53.—Of rain disengaged from the clouds:
imber caelesti nube solutus,
Ov. A. A. 2, 237: (Lunam) imperfecta vi solvere tantum umorem, disengage only the moisture, i. e. from the earth:
cum solis radii absumant,
Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45:
solutum a latere pugionem,
detached from his side, Suet. Vit. 15.—
d.
Esp., of ships: navem solvere, to free a ship from the land, i. e. to set sail, weigh anchor, leave land, depart.
(α).
With acc. alone:
eisce confectis navem solvimus,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 91:
navim cupimus solvere,
id. Mil. 4, 7, 17:
naves solvit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 36; 5, 8; id. B. C. 1, 28; 3, 14; 3, 26;
3, 102: primis tenebris solvit navem,
Liv. 45, 6:
postero die solvere naves (jussi),
id. 29, 25 fin.; Nep. Hann. 8, 2:
classem solvere,
Liv. 45, 41; Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 23.—
(β).
With ab and abl.:
navis a terra solverunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 101:
quinto inde die quam ab Corintho solverit naves,
Liv. 31, 7 med.:
solvunt a litore puppes,
Luc. 2, 649.—
(γ).
With ex and abl.:
nam noctu hac soluta est navis nostra e portu Persico,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 259:
interea e portu nostra navis solvitur,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 54.—
(δ).
With abl.:
complures mercatores Alexandria solvisse,
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50:
portu solventibus,
id. Mur. 2, 4.—
(ε).
Absol. (sc. navem or naves):
tertia fere vigilia solvit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 23:
nos eo die cenati solvimus,
Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:
altero die quam a Brundusio solvit,
Liv. 31, 14 init.:
qui inde solverant,
Val. Max. 1, 7, 3:
solvi mare languido,
Sen. Ep. 53, 1:
fortasse etiam ventis minantibus solves,
id. Ben. 2, 35, 5:
non eadem est his et illis causa solvendi,
making sea-voyages, id. Q. N. 5, 18, 16.—
(ζ).
With navis, etc., as subj., to leave the land (sc. se a litore):
naves XVIII. ex superiore portu solverunt,
Caes. B. G. 4, 28; and by another change of construction: solvimus oram, we freed the shore, i.e. from the ship, Quint. 4, 2, 41; id. Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—
(η).
Poet. usages:
de litore puppis solvit iter,
clears the voyage, Stat. S. 5, 1, 243:
nec tibi Tyrrhena solvatur funis harena,
Prop. 1, 8, 11 (cf.: retinacula solvere, c. supra).—
e.
Of secretions from the body ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
tempore eo quo menstrua solvit,
Lucr. 6, 706:
cruor solvitur,
Stat. Th. 9, 530:
lacrimas solvere,
id. Achill. 2, 256:
solutis lacrimis,
Claud. Ruf. 2, 258; so,
partus solvere,
to bear, bring forth, be delivered of offspring, Ov. F. 3, 258; Stat. Th. 5, 461; Plin. 28, 3, 6, § 33; 32, 1, 1, § 6.—
2.
To loosen an object from that which holds it together, to break up, part, dissolve, disperse, divide, take apart, scatter.
a.
In gen.:
omne colligatum solvi potest,
Cic. Fin. 11.—
b.
Of structures ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
solvere naves et rursus conjungere,
Curt. 8, 10, 3:
solvere quassatae parcite membra ratis,
Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 2:
dubitavit an solveret pontem,
Curt. 4, 16, 8:
solvere pontem,
Tac. A. 1, 69:
si pons solutus sit,
Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 7:
solutus pons tempestatibus,
Just. 2, 13, 9:
currum (solis) solutum,
Manil. 1, 740.—
c.
Of woven stuff:
solvens texta,
Prop. 2, 9, 6.—
d.
Of mountains:
utrimque montes solvit (Hercules),
Sen. Herc. Fur. 237:
tridente Neptunus montem solvit,
id. Agam. 553.—
e.
Of the neck:
soluta cervix silicis impulsu,
broken, Sen. Troad. 1119.—
f.
Of a comet:
momentum quo cometes solutus et in duas partes redactus est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 3.—
g.
Of the hair, to loosen, untie, let fall:
solve capillos,
Ov. Am. 3, 9, 3:
crinem,
id. A. A. 3, 784; id. M. 11, 682; 13, 584; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 46:
comas casside,
Ov. F. 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 4, 854.—
h.
Of the earth (so mostly P. a., q. v. infra;
post-Aug.): ita in terrae corpore evenit ut partes ejus vetustate solvantur, solutae cadant,
Sen. Q. N. 6, 10, 2:
ubi montis latus nova ventis solvit hiems,
Stat. Th. 7, 745. —
3.
To dissolve; pass., to be dissolved, changed, to pass over into ( poet. and postclass. for dissolvere, or transire in); constr. absol., or with in and acc.
(α).
Of a change into air or gas:
calor mobiliter solvens, differt primordia vini,
dissolving, parts the molecules of the wine, Lucr. 6, 235:
nam materiai copia ferretur per inane soluta,
id. 1, 1018; so id. 1, 1103:
ita fatus in aera rursus solvitur,
Stat. Th. 5, 285;
nec in aera solvi Passa, recentem animam caelestibus intulit astris,
Ov. M. 15, 845.—
(β).
Into a liquid, to melt:
saepe terra in tabem solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 7:
terram quam diximus esse mutabilem et solvi in umorem,
id. ib. 3, 29, 4:
nullum tellus se solvit in amnem,
Luc. 2, 408; ipsum in conubia terrae Aethera, cum pluviis rarescunt nubila, solvo, dissolve into the embrace of the earth, i. e. change into rain, Stat. S. 1, 2, 186:
ex Aethiopiae jugis solutas nives ad Nilum decurrere,
Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 17; so,
nivem solvere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 2; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 93; Sen. Herc. Oet. 729:
rigor auri solvitur aestu,
Lucr. 1, 493:
ferrum calidi solvant camini,
Manil. 4, 250:
cerae igne solutae,
Ov. A. A. 2, 47:
Iris cum vino triduo non solvitur,
Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142:
(herba) quinto die solvitur,
id. 26, 14, 88, § 148.—
(γ).
Of putrefaction:
(vitulo) per integram solvuntur viscera pellem,
Verg. G. 4, 302.—
(δ).
Of change in general:
inque novas abiit massa soluta domos,
Ov. F. 1, 108:
repentino crementur incendio, atque ex tanta varietate solvantur atque eant in unum omnia (sc. all the heavenly bodies),
Sen. Ben. 6, 22.—
(ε).
Of expansion by heat:
(uva) cum modo frigoribus premitur, modo solvitur aestu,
Ov. A. A. 2, 317.—
(ζ).
Hence, solvere, absol., to rarefy:
gravitas aeris solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 5, 1.—
(η).
Solvi in, to pass into, become:
in cacumine (herbae) capitula purpurea quae solvantur in lanugines,
Plin. 27, 8, 39, § 61.—Of a wave:
donec in planitiem immotarum aquarum solvatur,
disappears in, Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 2:
postremi (equi) solvuntur in aequora pisces (= solvuntur in pisces),
Stat. Th. 2, 47: lumina in lacrimas solventur, stream with tears. —Hence, solvere, causative, to make pass over, to make vanish in: circulum in pulverem, in quo descriptus est, solvere, Sen. Ep. 74, 27: soluti agri, the boundaries of which are effaced, Sic. Fl. Cond. Agr. p. 3 Goes.—
4.
To consume, to destroy, dissolve:
solvere orbes,
Manil. 1, 497:
ni calor et ventus... interemant sensum diductaque solvant (i.e. sensum),
Lucr. 3, 287:
(Cato) ferrei prope corporis animique, quem ne senectus quidem, quae solvit omnia, fregerit,
Liv. 39, 40, 11:
si (cometae) sunt purus ignis... nec illos conversio mundi solvit,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 2, 2:
(turbo) ab eo motu, qui universum trahit, solveretur,
id. ib. 7, 9, 4:
tabes solvit corpora,
Luc. 6, 18; 7, 809:
nec solum silvas, sed saxa ingentia solvit (ignis),
id. 3, 506:
ne tegat functos humus, ne solvat ignis,
Sen. Thyest. 750.—So, vitam solvere, to extinguish life, esp. of gradual or easy death:
solvas potius (vitam), quam abrumpas, dummodo, si alia solvendi ratio non erit, vel abrumpas,
Sen. Ep. 22, 3:
hanc mihi solvite vitam,
Prop. 2, 9, 39.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To free, release, loose, emancipate, set free; constr. absol., with abl. or ab and abl.; rarely with gen.
a.
From the body, etc.:
teque isto corpore solvo,
Verg. A. 4, 703:
soluta corpore anima,
Quint. 5, 14, 13:
qui solutas vinculis animas recipit,
Sen. Cons. 28, 8: si animus somno relaxatus solute (i. e. free from the shackles of the body) moveatur ac libere, Cic. Div. 2, 48, 100:
vocem solvere,
to set free the voice, to speak, Stat. S. 3, 1; Sen. Thyest. 682; so, responsa solve (pregn. = utter and disclose), Sen. Oedip. 292:
suspiria solvit,
Stat. Th. 11, 604:
solvat turba jocos,
Sen. Med. 114:
solutos Qui captat risus hominum (= quem juvat risus hominum solvere),
Hor. S. 1, 4, 83:
Ausonii... versibus incomptis ludunt risuque soluto,
unrestrained, free, Verg. G. 2, 386.—
b.
Of members or parts of the body: linguam solvere, to unfetter the tongue (sc. vinculis oris), to give flow to words:
linguam (Juno) ad jurgia solvit,
Ov. M. 3, 261:
lingua devincta nec in motus varios soluta,
Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 7:
ut quisque contemptissimus est, ita linguae solutissimae est,
id. Const. 11, 3:
(fama) innumeras solvit in praeconia linguas,
Luc. 1, 472. —Solvere bracchia, poet., to unfetter the arms, i. e. to move them:
magna difficili solventem bracchia motu,
Stat. Achill. 1, 604; cf.
of the free motions of animals: columbae soluto volatu multum velociores,
unrestrained flight, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—
c.
From obligations and debts:
solvit me debito,
Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 1:
an nos debito solverit,
id. Ep. 81, 3:
ut religione civitas solvatur,
Cic. Caecin. 34, 98; Liv. 7, 3, 9:
te decem tauri... Me tener solvet vitulus (sc. religione),
Hor. C. 4, 2, 54.—So from a military oath:
hoc si impetro, solvo vos jurejurando,
Just. 14, 4, 7.—Sacramento or militia solvere, to dismiss a soldier from service:
sacramento solvi,
Tac. A. 16, 13:
cum quis propter delictum sacramento solvitur,
Dig. 49, 16, 13:
militia solvere,
Tac. A. 1, 44.— Munere (publico) solvere, to exempt from public duties:
ut Ilienses publico munere solverentur,
Tac. A. 12, 58.—With obj. inf.:
ut manere solveretur,
that he should be excused from the duty of remaining, Tac. A. 3, 29.—
d.
From guilt and sin, to acquit, absolve, cleanse (cf. absolvere, to acquit of crime):
si ille huic (insidias fecerit), ut scelere solvamur,
be held guiltless, Cic. Mil. 12, 31:
atque hunc ille summus vir scelere solutum periculo liberavit,
id. ib. 4, 9:
sit capitis damno Roma soluta mei,
Ov. F. 6, 452:
ipsum quoque Pelea Phoci Caede per Haemonias solvit Acastus aquas,
id. ib. 2, 40:
Helenen ego crimine solvo,
id. A. A. 2, 371:
quid crimine solvis Germanum?
Stat. Th. 11, 379:
solutam caede Gradivus manum restituit armis,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1342. —
e.
From feelings, etc.:
quae eos qui quaesissent cura et negotio solverent,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:
cum ego vos solvi curis ceteris,
Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 33:
senatus cura belli solutus,
Plin. 22, 3, 4, § 7:
pectus linquunt cura solutum,
Lucr. 2, 45:
his terroribus ab Epicuro soluti et in libertatem vindicati,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56:
soluti metu,
Liv. 41, 14 init.; 27, 51:
solvent formidine terras,
Verg. E. 4, 14:
solve metu patriam,
Prop. 4 (5), 6, 41:
metu belli Scythas solvit,
Just. 9, 2, 2; so id. 14, 2, 5:
haec est Vita solutorum misera ambitione,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 129:
soluti a cupiditatibus,
Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 27:
his concitationibus quem vacuum, solutum, liberum videris,
id. Tusc. 5, 15, 43: et tu solve me dementia, [p. 1726] Hor. Epod. 17, 43:
longo luctu,
Verg. A. 2, 26:
tristem juventam solve (i. e. juventam tristitia),
Sen. Hippol. 450:
solvite tantis animum monstris, solvite, superi,
id. Herc. Fur. 1063:
Quis te solvere Thessalis Magus venenis poterit?
Hor. C. 1, 27, 21. — Poet.:
solvit animis miracula (for animos miraculis),
the soul from superstition, Manil. 1, 103.—And of animals:
rabie tigrim,
Manil. 5, 707.— Absol.:
ut ad praecepta quae damus possit ire animus, solvendus est (i. e. perturbationibus),
Sen. Ep. 95, 38:
calices, quem non fecere contracta in paupertate solutum?
i. e. from cares, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 20:
solvite animos,
Manil. 4, 12.—With in:
vix haec in munera solvo animum,
i. e. free it from passions and so make it fit for these duties, Stat. S. 5, 3, 33.—
f.
From sleep, very rare:
ego somno solutus sum,
awoke, Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29 (cf.: somno solvi, to be overwhelmed by sleep, 2. b, g infra).—
g.
From labor, business, etc.:
volucres videmus... solutas opere volitare,
Cic. Or. 2, 6, 23:
solutus onere regio, regni bonis fruor,
Sen. Oedip. 685.— Poet.:
Romulus excubias decrevit in otia solvi,
to be relieved from guard and enjoy leisure, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 79.—
h.
From rigidity, austerity, stiffness, etc., to relax, smooth, unbend, quiet, soothe ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
frontem solvere disce,
Mart. 14, 183:
saltem ora trucesque solve genas,
Stat. Th. 11, 373:
solvit feros tunc ipse rictus,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 797.— Poet.:
solvatur fronte senectus = frons senectute (i. e. rugis), solvatur,
be cleared, Hor. Epod. 13, 5:
vultum risu solvit,
relieves, Val. Max. 4, 3, 5:
risum judicis movendo, et illos tristes affectus solvit, et animum renovat,
Quint. 6, 3, 1; so,
solvere judicem,
unbend, excite his laughter, id. 11, 3, 3:
solvere qui (potui) Curios Fabriciosque graves (sc. risu),
Mart. 9, 28 (29), 4:
ut tamen arctum Solveret hospitiis animum,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 83:
cujus non contractum sollicitudine animum illius argutiae solvant?
Sen. Cons. Helv. 18, 5.— Transf., pregn.:
solventur risu tabulae,
i. e. the austerity of the judge will be relaxed by laughter, and the complaint dismissed, Hor. S. 2, 1, 86.—Imitated:
quia si aliquid omiserimus, cum risu quoque tota res solvitur,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—
k.
From any cause of restraint.
(α).
To release from siege:
Bassanitas obsidione solvere,
Liv. 44, 30:
patriam obsidione solvere,
Val. Max. 3, 2, 2. —
(β).
From moral restraints:
hic palam cupiditates suas solvit,
gave vent to, Curt. 6, 6, 1; v. also P. a., B. 7. infra.—
l.
From laws and rules: legibus solvere.
(α).
To exempt from laws, i. e. by privilege:
Vopiscus, qui ex aedilitate consulatum petit, solvatur legibus,
Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11:
cur M. Brutus legibus est solutus, si, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 13, 31:
ut interea magistratus reliquos, legibus omnibus soluti, petere possetis,
id. Agr. 2, 36, 99:
Lurco, tribunus plebis, solutus est (et lege Aelia et Furia),
id. Att. 1, 16, 13:
solvatne legibus Scipionem,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:
petente Flacco ut legibus solverentur,
Liv. 31, 50, 8:
Scipio legibus solutus est,
id. Epit. 56:
Licet enim, inquiunt, legibus soluti sumus, attamen legibus vivimus,
Just. Inst. 2, 17, 8; cf.:
ut munere vigintiviratus solveretur,
Tac. A. 3, 29.— Transf., of the laws of nature, etc.:
(aestus) illo tempore, solutus legibus, sine modo fertur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 28, 6:
solus (sapiens) generis humani legibus solvitur,
id. Brev. Vit. 15, 5:
nec leti lege solutas,
Lucr. 3, 687:
nec solvo Rutulos (i. e. legibus fati),
Verg. A. 10, 111.— With gen. (cf. libero), perh. only in phrase testamenti solvere, to release from a testamentary disposition:
et is per aes et libram heredes testamenti solveret,
Cic. Leg. 2, 20, 51; 2, 21, 53 (less prop. testamenti is taken as attribute of heredes); cf. Gai. Inst. 3, 175, and Hor. C. 3, 17, 16, P. a., B. 5. fin. infra.—
(β).
Legibus solutus, not subject to, released from:
reus Postumus est ea lege... solutus ac liber,
i. e. the law does not apply to him, Cic. Rab. Post. 5, 12:
soluti (lege Julia) huc convenistis, ne constricti discedatis cavete,
id. ib. 7, 18.—Of other laws:
solutus Legibus insanis,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 68:
quae sedes expectent animam solutam legibus servitutis humanae,
Sen. Ep. 65, 20.— Transf., of things: soluta legibus scelera sunt, unrestrained by the laws, i. e. crimes are committed with impunity, Sen. Ben. 7, 27, 1.— Of the laws of versification: numerisque fertur Lege solutis, referring to dithyrambic measures, Hor. C. 4, 2, 12 (cf. P. a., B. 11. infra).—
2.
To dissolve, separate objects which are united, to break up, dismiss.
(α).
Of troops, ranks, etc.:
ubi ordines procursando solvissent,
Liv. 42, 65, 8:
incomposito agmine, solutis ordinibus,
Curt. 8, 1, 5; so id. 8, 4, 6:
agmina Diductis solvere choris,
Verg. A. 5, 581:
solvit maniplos,
Juv. 8, 154:
solvuntur laudata cohors,
Stat. Achill. 2, 167.—Hence, to separate armies engaged in battle:
commissas acies ego possum solvere,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 59.—
(β).
Of banquets, assemblies, etc.:
convivio soluto,
Liv. 40, 14 fin.:
convivium solvit,
Curt. 8, 5, 24; 8, 6, 16:
Quid cessas convivia solvere?
Ov. F. 6, 675:
coetuque soluto Discedunt,
id. M. 13, 898.—Hence, urbem (Capuam) solutam ac debilitatam reliquerunt, disfranchised, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91.—
(γ).
Of the words in discourse, orationem or versum solvere, to break up a sentence or verse:
(discant) versus primo solvere, mox mutatis verbis interpretari,
Quint. 1, 9, 2:
quod cuique visum erit vehementer, dulciter, speciose dictum, solvat ac turbet,
id. 9, 4, 14:
ut partes orationis sibi soluto versu desideret et pedum proprietates,
id. 1, 8, 13:
non, ut si solvas Postquam discordia tetra, etc., invenias etiam disjecti membra poetae,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 60.—
3.
Implying a change for the worse.
a.
To relax, make effeminate, weaken, by ease, luxury, dissipation, etc. (post-Aug.):
Hannibalem hiberna solverunt,
Sen. Ep. 51, 5:
usque eo nimio delicati animi languore solvuntur,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 6:
infantiam statim deliciis solvimus,
Quint. 1, 2, 6:
solutus luxu,
id. 3, 8, 28; so Tac. A. 11, 31.—With in and acc.:
soluti in luxum,
Tac. H. 2, 99:
in lasciviam,
id. ib. 3, 38.— Transf.: versum solvere, to deprive a verse of its proper rhythm:
si quinque continuos dactylos confundas solveris versum,
Quint. 9, 4, 49.—
b.
To make torpid by removing sensation.
(α).
To relax, benumb the limbs or body;
as by narcotics, terror, sickness, exhaustion: multaque praeterea languentia membra per artus solvunt,
Lucr. 6, 798:
ima Solvuntur latera,
Verg. G. 3, 523:
solvi debilitate corporis,
paralyzed, Val. Max. 1, 7, 4:
ut soluto labitur moriens gradu,
Sen. Hippol. 368.—In mal. part., Hor. Epod. 12, 8; cf. Verg. G. 3, 523.— Poet.:
illum aget, penna metuente solvi, Fama superstes,
Hor. C. 2, 2, 7.—Of the mind:
segnitia (oratoris) solvit animos,
wearies, Quint. 11, 3, 52:
mentes solvere,
to make insane, Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25.—
(β).
By frost ( poet.):
solvuntur illi frigore membra,
Verg. A. 12, 951; 1, 92.—
(γ).
By sleep ( poet. for sopio):
homines volucresque ferasque Solverat alta quies,
Ov. M. 7, 186:
corpora somnus Solverat,
id. ib. 10, 369:
molli languore solutus,
id. ib. 11, 648;
11, 612: altoque sopore solutum,
id. ib. 8, 817:
somno vinoque solutos,
id. F. 2, 333; Verg. A. 9, 236:
ut membra solvit sopor,
id. ib. 12, 867:
non solvit pectora somnus,
Sen. Agam. 76.—With in:
solvitur in somnos,
Verg. A. 4, 530.— Transf., of the sea:
aequor longa ventorum pace solutum,
lulled to sleep, Stat. Th. 3, 255.—
(δ).
By death: solvi, to die ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
ipse deus, simulatque volam, me solvet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 78:
corporibus quae senectus solvit,
Curt. 89, 32 (cf. A. 4. supra):
(corpus) quam nullo negotio solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 2:
alius inter cenandum solutus est,
id. Ep. 66, 43:
ubicumque arietaveris, solveris,
id. Cons. Marc. 11, 3:
me fata maturo exitu facilique solvant,
Sen. Troad. 605:
solvi inedia,
Petr. 111:
sic morte quasi somno soluta est,
Flor. 2, 21, 11.—Hence,
4.
Of logical dissolution, to refute:
non tradit Epicurus quomodo captiosa solvantur,
how fallacies are refuted, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22:
argumentum solvere,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:
solutum scies quod nobis opponitur,
Sen. Const. 12, 3.—
b.
To disperse, dispel, as of a cloud:
deorum beneficia tempestiva ingentes minas interventu suo solventia,
Sen. Ben. 4, 4, 2.
II.
To loose, remove, cancel that which binds any thing.
A.
In a corporeal sense.
1.
In gen., to loose (weaker than rumpo;
post-Aug.): effringere quam aperire, rumpere quam solvere putant robustius,
Quint. 2, 12, 1:
qua convulsa tota operis colligatio solveretur,
Val. Max. 8, 14, 6:
supera compage soluta,
Stat. Th. 8, 31.—
2.
To remove a fetter, bridle, etc.:
nullo solvente catenas,
Ov. M. 3, 700: vincla jugis boum, Tib. 2, 1, 7:
solvere frenum,
Phaedr. 1, 2, 3:
loris solutis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 41.— Transf., of prisons:
qui, solutis ergastulis, exercitus numerum implevit,
Liv. Ep. 56; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 13; 11, 13, 2.—Of frost:
gelu solvitur,
it thaws, Tac. H. 1, 79:
solvitur acris hiems,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 1.—Of clouds:
facit igitur ventum resoluta nubes, quae plurimis modis solvitur,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 12, 5; 5, 12, 1.—Of the grasp of hands, fingers, etc.:
Aeacides a corpore bracchia solvit,
looses his hold, Ov. M. 11, 246:
indigno non solvit bracchia collo,
Stat. Th. 5, 217:
digitis solutis abjecit jaculum,
id. ib. 8, 585.—
3.
To untie a string, cord, necklace, etc., slacken or unlock an enclosure, open a box, trunk, etc.:
solve vidulum ergo,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 98:
eam solve cistulam,
id. Am. 2, 2, 151:
solve zonam,
untie, id. Truc. 5, 62:
solvisse jugalem ceston fertur,
Stat. Th. 5, 62:
animai nodos a corpore solvit,
Lucr. 2, 950:
nihil interest quomodo (nodi) solvantur,
Curt. 3, 1, 18:
quid boni est, nodos operose solvere, quos ipse ut solveres feceris?
Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 2:
solvere nodum,
Stat. Th. 11, 646:
laqueum quem nec solvere possis, nec abrumpere,
Sen. Tranq. 10, 1:
vix solvi duros a pectore nexus,
Ov. M. 9, 58:
fasciam solve,
Sen. Ep. 80, 10:
solutis fasciis,
Curt. 7, 6, 5:
solvi fasciculum,
Cic. Att. 11, 9, 2:
crinales vittas,
Verg. A. 7, 403:
Parmenion vinculum epistulae solvens,
Curt. 7, 2, 25:
equum empturus solvi jubes stratum,
Sen. Ep. 80, 9:
redimicula solvite collo,
Ov. F. 4, 135:
corollas de fronte,
Prop. 1, 3, 21:
solvere portas,
Stat. Th. 3, 492:
munimina valli,
id. ib. 12, 10:
ille pharetram Solvit,
Ov. M. 5, 380.— Transf., of the veins as enclosures of the blood:
solutis ac patefactis venis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 15, 5:
venam cultello solvere,
Col. 6, 14; cf.
also: lychnis alvum solvit,
looses the bowels, Plin. 21, 26, 98, § 171; 21, 20, 83, § 140; Suet. Vesp. 24; Tac. A. 12, 67:
ventrem,
Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.— Absol. (sc. alvum), Mart. 13, 29:
stomachus solutus = venter solutus,
loose bowels, Petr. 117; Scrib. Comp. 92.—
B.
Trop., to slacken or remove a bond.
1.
Solvere aliquid (aliquod vinculum; cf. I. B. 1. supra).
a.
Of the mouth, etc., to open:
talibus ora solvit verbis,
Ov. M. 15, 74; so id. ib. 1, 181; Tib. 4, 5, 14:
ternis ululatibus ora Solvit,
Ov. M. 7, 191; 9, 427; id. Tr. 3, 11, 20; Stat. Achill. 1, 525:
vix ora solvi patitur etiamnum timor,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 725; so,
os promptius ac solutius,
Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.— Transf., of an abyss:
hic ora solvit Ditis invisi domus,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 664.—
b.
To remove, cancel; to destroy the force of a legal or moral obligation by expiration, death, etc.:
si mors alterutrius interveniat, solvitur mandatum,
Gai. Inst. 3, 160:
cum aliquis renunciaverit societati, societas solvitur,
id. ib. 3, 151; so id. ib. 3, 152:
morte solvetur compromissum,
Dig. 4, 8, 27:
soluto matrimonio,
ib. 24, 3, 2:
solutum conjugium,
Juv. 9, 79:
qui... conjugalia solvit,
Sen. Med. 144:
nec conjugiale solutum Foedus in alitibus,
Ov. M. 11, 743:
(sapiens) invitus beneficium per compensationem injuriae solvet,
cancel the obligation of a favor by the set-off of a wrong, Sen. Ep. 81, 17.—
c.
To efface guilt or wrong:
magnis injuria poenis Solvitur,
Ov. F. 5, 304:
solve nefas, dixit: solvit et ille nefas,
id. ib. 2, 44:
culpa soluta mea est,
id. Tr. 4, 4, 10:
neque tu verbis solves unquam quod mi re male feceris (i. e. injuriam),
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 10.—
d.
Poenam solvere, to suffer punishment, i. e. to cancel the obligation of suffering, etc. (cf. 3. infra;
less freq. than poenam persolvere, exsolvere): serae, sed justae tamen et debitae poenae solutae sunt,
Cic. Mil. 31, 85:
capite poenas solvit,
Sall. J. 69, 4:
meritas poenas solventem,
Curt. 6, 3, 14:
poenarum solvendi tempus,
Lucr. 5, 1224:
nunc solvo poenas,
Sen. Phoen. 172:
hac manu poenas tibi solvam,
id. Hippol. 1177.—
e.
To remove, relieve, soothe affections, passions, etc.:
atque animi curas e pectore solvat,
Lucr. 4, 908:
curam metumque juvat Dulci Lyaeo solvere,
Hor. Epod. 9, 38:
patrimonii cura solvatur,
Sen. Q. N. 3, praef. §
2: Pyrrhus impetus sui terrore soluto,
Val. Max. 4, 3, 14:
solvite corde metum,
Verg. A. 1, 562; so id. ib. 9, 90:
solve metus animo,
Stat. Th. 2, 356:
solvi pericula et metus narrant,
Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 140: neque adhuc Stheneleius iras Solverat Eurystheus, [p. 1727] Ov. M. 9, 274:
hoc uno solvitur ira modo,
id. A. A. 2, 460:
solvitque pudorem,
Verg. A. 4, 55.—
f.
Of sleep:
quasi clamore solutus Sit sopor,
Ov. M. 3, 6, 30:
nec verba, nec herbae audebunt longae somnum tibi solvere Lethes,
Luc. 6, 768; cf.:
lassitudinem solvere,
Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 143. —
g.
Of any checks and barriers to motion, to remove.
(α).
To raise a siege:
solutam cernebat obsidionem,
Liv. 36, 10, 14:
soluta obsidione,
id. 36, 31, 7:
ad Locrorum solvendam obsidionem,
id. 27, 28, 17; cf. id. 37, 7, 7; 38, 5, 6; 42, 56 init.; 44, 13, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 1; Tac. A. 4, 24; 4, 73; Just. 9, 2, 10.—
(β).
Of passions, etc., to remove restraint:
cujus si talis animus est, solvamus nos ejus vincula, et claustra (i. e. irae) refringamus,
Liv. 36, 7, 13.—
(γ).
To overthrow, subvert a higher authority, etc.:
quos (milites), soluto imperio, licentia corruperat,
Sall. J. 39, 5:
imperia solvit qui tacet, jussus loqui,
Sen. Oedip. 525:
sonipedes imperia solvunt,
id. Hippol. 1084; cf.:
sanctitas fori ludis solvitur,
Quint. 11, 3, 58.—
h.
Of laws and customs, to abolish, violate:
solvendarum legum id principium esse censebant (post-Aug. for dissolvendarum),
Curt. 10, 2, 5:
solutae a se legis monitus,
Val. Max. 6, 5, ext. 4:
cum plus quam ducentorum annorum morem solveremus,
Liv. 8, 4, 7:
(Tarquinius) morem de omnibus senatum consulendi solvit,
id. 1, 49, 7:
oportebat istum morem solvi,
Curt. 8, 8, 18.—
2.
Esp. with acc. of the bond, etc. (taking the place of the constr. I. B. 1. 2. 3. supra, when the abl. of separation is not admissible).
a.
To subvert discipline:
disciplinam militarem solvisti,
Liv. 8, 7, 16:
luxuria solutam disciplinam militarem esse,
id. 40, 1, 4:
quod cum, ne disciplina solveretur, fecisset,
Front. Strat. 2, 12, 2.—
b.
Of strength, energy, attention, etc., to loosen, impair, weaken, scatter, disperse:
nobilitas factione magis pollebat, plebis vis soluta atque dispersa,
Sall. J. 41, 6:
patrios nervos externarum deliciarum contagione solvi et hebetari noluerunt,
Val. Max. 2, 6, 1:
vires solvere,
Quint. 9, 4, 7:
vis illa dicendi solvitur, et frigescit affectus,
Quint. 11, 3, 133.—
c.
Of affection, etc., to sever, dissolve, destroy:
segnes nodum (amicitiae) solvere Gratiae,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 22;
similarly: solvit (ille deus) amicos,
Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 5; so id. 2, 15 (3, 7), 26:
hoc firmos solvit amores,
Ov. A. A. 2, 385:
amores cantibus et herbis solvere,
Tib. 1, 2, 60.—
d.
Of sickness and hunger, to end, remove:
vitex dicitur febres solvere,
Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 60:
solvit jejunia granis,
Ov. F. 4, 607:
quoniam jejunia virgo Solverat,
id. M. 5, 535; cf. Luc. 3, 282; so,
famem,
Sen. Thyest. 64.—
e.
To delay:
hi classis moras hac morte solvi rentur,
Sen. Troad. 1131.—
f.
Of darkness, to dispel:
lux solverat umbras,
Stat. Th. 10, 390.—
g.
Of war, strife, etc., to compose, settle:
aut solve bellum, mater, aut prima excipe,
Sen. Phoen. 406:
electus formae certamina solvere pastor,
Stat. Achill. 2, 337:
jurgia solvere,
Manil. 3, 115:
contradictiones solvere,
Quint. 7, 1, 38.—
h.
Of difficulties, riddles, questions, ambiguities, etc., to solve, explain, remove:
quia quaestionem solvere non posset,
Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 3:
aenigmata,
Quint. 8, 6, 53:
omnes solvere posse quaestiones,
Suet. Gram. 11:
haec ipsa, quae volvuntur ab illis, solvere malim et expandere,
Sen. Ep. 82, 20; id. Q. N. 7, 14, 1:
unum tantum hoc solvendum est,
that one question, id. ib. 1, 7, 3:
puta nunc me istuc non posse solvere,
id. Ep. 48, 6:
carmina non intellecta Solverat,
Ov. M. 7, 760:
triste carmen alitis solvi ferae,
Sen. Oedip. 102:
nodos juris,
Juv. 8, 50:
proponere aliquid quod solvat quaestionem,
Quint. 5, 10, 96:
plurimas quaestiones illis probationibus solvi solere,
id. 1, 10, 49:
quo solvitur quaestio supra tractata,
id. 3, 7, 3:
ambiguitatem or amphiboliam,
id. 7, 2, 49; 7, 9, 10.—
3.
In partic., of obligations, to fulfil.
a.
To pay.
(α).
Originally, rem solvere, to free one's property and person (rem familiarem) from debts (solutio per aes et libram), according to the ancient formula:
quod ego tibi tot millibus condemnatus sum, me eo nomine... a te solvo liberoque hoc aere aeneaque libra,
Gai. Inst. 3, 174 Huschke; cf.:
inde rem creditori palam populo solvit (i. e. per aes et libram),
Liv. 6, 14, 5:
quas res dari, fieri, solvi oportuit,
id. 1, 32, 11. —Hence, rem solvere, to pay; often with dat. of person:
pro vectura rem solvit?
paid the freight, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 27:
ubi nugivendis res soluta'st omnibus,
id. Aul. 3, 5, 51:
tibi res soluta est recte,
id. Curc. 4, 3, 21:
ego quidem pro istac rem solvo ab tarpessita meo,
id. ib. 5, 2, 20:
rem solvo omnibus quibus dehibeo,
id. ib. 5, 3, 45:
dum te strenuas, res erit soluta,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 35:
res soluta'st, Gripe, ego habeo,
id. Rud. 5, 3, 57.— Trop.: saepe edunt (aves);
semel si captae sunt, rem solvont aucupi,
they repay him, pay for his expenses, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 66.—And to pay by other things than money:
si tergo res solvonda'st,
by a whipping, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 54:
habent hunc morem ut pugnis rem solvant si quis poscat clarius,
id. Curc. 3, 9:
tibi quidem copia'st, dum lingua vivet, qui rem solvas omnibus,
id. Rud. 2, 6, 74.—Hence,
(β).
Absol. (sc. rem), to pay; with or without dat. of person:
cujus bona, quod populo non solvebat, publice venierunt,
Cic. Fl. 18, 43:
ei cum solveret, sumpsit a C. M. Fufiis,
id. ib. 20, 46:
misimus qui pro vectura solveret,
id. Att. 1, 3, 2:
qui nimis cito cupit solvere, invitus debet,
Sen. Ben. 4, 40, 5:
ut creditori solvat,
Dig. 30, 1, 49, § 7.— Pass. impers.:
si dare vis mihi, Magis solutum erit quam ipsi dederis,
it will be a more valid payment, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 46:
numquam vehementius actum est quam me consule, ne solveretur,
to stop payments, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:
fraudandi spe sublata solvendi necessitas consecuta est,
id. ib. 2, 24, 84:
cum eo ipso quod necesse erat solvi, facultas solvendi impediretur,
Liv. 6, 34, 1.—Cf. in the two senses, to free from debt, and to pay, in the same sentence:
non succurrere vis illi, sed solvere. Qui sic properat, ipse solvi vult, non solvere,
Sen. Ben. 6, 27, 1.—
(γ).
With acc. of the debt, to discharge, to pay:
postquam Fundanio debitum solutum esset,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10:
hoc quod debeo peto a te ut... solutum relinquas,
settled, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:
solverat Castricio pecuniam jam diu debitam,
id. Fl. 23, 54:
ex qua (pensione) major pars est ei soluta,
id. Att. 16, 2, 1:
solvi aes alienum Pompejus ex suo fisco jussit,
Val. Max. 6, 2, 11:
aes alienum solvere,
Sen. Ep. 36, 5:
quae jactatio est, solvisse quod debebas?
id. Ben. 4, 17, 1; so,
debitum solvere,
id. ib. 6, 30, 2:
ne pecunias creditas solverent,
Cic. Pis. 35, 86:
ut creditae pecuniae solvantur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 20; 3, 1:
ex thensauris Gallicis creditum solvi posse,
Liv. 6, 15, 5:
ita bona veneant ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46.—And of moral debts:
cum patriae quod debes solveris,
Cic. Marcell. 9, 27:
debet vero, solvitque praeclare,
id. Phil. 13, 11, 25:
aliter beneficium, aliter creditum solvitur,
Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 1:
qui grate beneficium accipit, primam ejus pensionem solvit,
id. ib. 2, 22 fin. —
(δ).
By a confusion of construction, solvere pecuniam, etc., to pay money, etc. (for pecunia rem or debitum solvere); constr. with dat. or absol.:
emi: pecuniam solvi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 43:
pro frumento nihil solvit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 72, §
169: legatis pecuniam pro frumento solvit,
Liv. 44, 16:
hanc pecuniam cum solvere in praesenti non posset,
Nep. Milt. 7, 6:
nisi pecuniam solvisset,
id. Cim. 1, 1:
condiciones pacis dictae ut decem millia talentum argenti... solverent,
Liv. 30, 37 med.:
pro quo (frumento) pretium solveret populus Romanus,
id. 36, 3, 1:
pretium servorum ex aerario solutum est dominis,
id. 32, 26, 14:
pretium pro libris domino esse solvendum,
id. 40, 39 fin.:
meritam mercedem,
id. 8, 22, 3; so id. 8, 11, 4: sorte creditum solvere, by paying the principal (i. e. without interest), id. 6, 36, 12:
quae praemia senatus militibus ante constituit, ea solvantur,
Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38:
stipendium,
Liv. 28, 32, 1:
dotem mulieri,
Dig. 24, 3, 2:
litem aestimatam,
the amount of a fine, Nep. Cim. 5, 18 fin.:
arbitria funeris,
the expenses of the funeral, Cic. Red. Sen. 7, 18:
solvere dodrantem,
to pay seventy-five per cent., Mart. 8, 9, 1:
dona puer solvit,
paid the promised gifts, Ov. M. 9, 794; so,
munera,
id. ib. 11, 104.— Transf., of the dedication of a book, in return for favors:
et exspectabo ea (munera) quae polliceris, et erunt mihi pergrata si solveris... Non solvam nisi prius a te cavero, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 4, 17 sq. —Of the delivery of slaves:
si quis duos homines promise rit et Stichum solverit,
Dig. 46, 3, 67; 46, 3, 38, § 3.— Transf., poet.: dolorem solvisti, you have paid your grief, i. e. have duly mourned, Stat. S. 2, 6, 98.— Pass. with personal subject:
si (actor) solutus fuisset,
Dig. 12, 1, 31 (cf.: solvere militem, b supra). —
(ε).
Esp., in certain phrases, to pay:
aliquid praesens solvere,
to pay in cash, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1; so,
aliquid de praesentibus solvere,
Sen. Ep. 97, 16:
solvere grates (= referre gratiam muneribus): Sulla solvit grates Dianae,
Vell. 2, 25:
quas solvere grates sufficiam?
Stat. S. 4, 2, 7: cum homo avarus, ut ea (beneficia) solveret sibi imperare non posset, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1; cf.: non dicimus reposuit beneficium aut solvit;
nullum nobis placuit quod aeri alieno convenit verbum,
Sen. Ep. 81, 9; but v. id. Ben. 2, 18, 5: in debitum solvere, to make a partial payment:
unum haec epistula in debitum solvet,
id. Ep. 7, 10: aliquid solvere ab aliquo (de aliqua re), to pay out of funds supplied by any one ( out of any fund):
Quintus laborat ut tibi quod debet ab Egnatio solvat,
Cic. Att. 7, 18, 4:
homines dicere, se a me solvere,
id. ib. 5, 21, 11:
(summa) erat solvenda de meo,
Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 2:
operas solvere alicui,
to work for somebody, Dig. 40, 7, 39: solvo operam Dianae, I work for Diana, i. e. offer a sacrifice to her, Afran. ap. Non. 12, 21: judicatum solvere, to pay the amount adjudged by the court, for which security (satisdatio) was required:
stipulatio quae appellatur judicatum solvi,
Gai. Inst. 4, 90:
iste postulat ut procurator judicatum solvi satisdaret,
Cic. Quint. 7, 29; so Dig. 3, 2, 28; 3, 3, 15; 2, 8, 8;
2, 8, 14 et saep.: auctio solvendis nummis,
a cash auction, Mart. 14, 35.— Gerund.: solvendo esse, to be solvent; jurid. t. t., to be able to pay, i. e. one's debts; cf.
in full: nec tamen solvendo aeri alieno respublica esset,
Liv. 31, 13:
nemo dubitat solvendo esse eum qui defenditur,
Dig. 50, 17, 105:
qui modo solvendo sint,
Gai. Inst. 1, 3, 121:
si solvendo sint,
Paul. Sent. 1, 20, 1:
nec interest, solvendo sit, necne,
Dig. 30, 1, 49, § 5; so ib. 46, 1, 10; 46, 1, 27, § 2; 46, 1, 51, §§ 1 and 4; 46, 1, 52, § 1; 46, 1, 28; 50, 17, 198 et saep.: non solvendo esse, to be insolvent:
solvendo non erat,
Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:
cum solvendo civitates non essent,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:
tu nec solvendo eras, nec, etc.,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:
ne videatur non fuisse solvendo,
id. Off. 2, 22, 79;
and very freq. in the jurists.—So, trop.: quid matri, quid flebili patriae dabis? Solvendo non es,
Sen. Oedip. 941; cf.:
*non esse ad solvendum (i. e. able to pay),
Vitr. 10, 6 fin. —
b.
To fulfil the duty of burial.
(α).
Justa solvere; with dat. of the person:
qui nondum omnia paterno funeri justa solvisset,
who had not yet finished the burial ceremonies of his father, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:
justis defunctorum corporibus solutis,
Curt. 3, 12, 15:
proinde corpori quam primum justa solvamus,
id. 10, 6, 7:
ut justa soluta Remo,
Ov. F. 5, 452:
nunc justa nato solve,
Sen. Hippol. 1245.—
(β).
Exsequias, inferias or suprema solvere:
exsequiis rite solutis,
Verg. A. 7, 5:
cruor sancto solvit inferias viro,
Sen. Hippol. 1198:
solvere suprema militibus,
Tac. A. 1, 61.—
c.
Votum solvere, to fulfil a vow to the gods.
(α).
Alone:
vota ea quae numquam solveret nuncupavit,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 11:
quod si factum esset, votum rite solvi non posse,
Liv. 31, 9 fin.:
liberare et se et rempublicam religione votis solvendis,
id. 40, 44, 8:
placatis diis votis rite solvendis,
id. 36, 37 fin.:
petiit ut votum sibi solvere liceret,
id. 45, 44:
animosius a mercatore quam a vectore solvitur votum,
Sen. Ep. 73, 5:
vota pro incolumitate solvebantur,
Tac. A. 2, 69:
vota pater solvit,
Ov. M. 9, 707:
ne votum solvat,
Mart. 12, 91, 6; 8, 4, 2; Val. Max. 6, 9, 5 ext.; 1, 1, 8 ext. — Poet.:
voti debita solvere,
Ov. F. 5, 596; cf.
the abbrev. formula V. S. L. M. (voTVM SOLVIT LIBENS MERITO),
Inscr. Orell. 186; 1296 sq.:
V.S.A.L. (ANIMO LIBENTI),
ib. 2022 et saep.:
sacra solvere (=votum solvere),
Manil. 1, 427.—
(β).
With dat.:
ait sese Veneri velle votum solvere,
Plaut. Rud. prol. 60:
vota Jovi solvo,
Ov. M. 7, 652; 8, 153:
sunt vota soluta deae,
id. F. 6, 248:
dis vota solvis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 19, 4:
libamenta Veneri solvere (=votum per libamenta),
Just. 18, 5, 4.—
d.
Fidem solvere, to fulfil a promise (post-class. for fidem praestare, [p. 1728] exsolvere; cf.:
fidem obligatam liberare,
Suet. Claud. 9):
illi, ut fidem solverent, clipeis obruere,
Flor. 1, 1, 12;
similarly: et voti solverat ille fidem (=votum solverat),
Ov. F. 1, 642; but cf.: itane imprudens? tandem inventa'st causa: solvisti fidem, you have found a pretext to evade your promise (cf. II. A. 3.), Ter. And. 4, 1, 18: esset, quam dederas, morte soluta fides, by my death your promise to marry me would have been cancelled (cf. II. B. 1. 6.), Ov. H. 10, 78; similarly: suam fidem (i. e. quam Lepido habuerit) solutam esse, that his faith in Lepidus was broken, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 3.—With a different construction: se depositi fide solvere, to acquit one's self of the duty to return property intrusted to him (cf. I. B. 1. c.), Val. Max. 7, 3, 5 ext.: factique fide data munera solvit, he freed the gift already given from the obligation of an accomplished fact, i. e. he revoked the gifts, although already made, Ov. M. 11, 135.—
e.
Promissum solvere, to fulfil a promise (very rare):
perinde quasi promissum solvens,
Val. Max. 9, 6, 1:
solvitur quod cuique promissum est,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 20 fin.;
similarly: solutum, quod juraverant, rebantur,
what they had promised under oath, Liv. 24, 18, 5.—Hence, sŏlūtus, a, um, P. a., free, loose, at large, unfettered, unbandaged.
A.
Lit.
1.
(Acc. to I.A. 1. supra.) Pigeat nostrum erum si eximat aut solutos sinat, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 11:
tibi moram facis quom ego solutus sto,
id. Ep. 5, 2, 25:
reus solutus causam dicis, testes vinctos attines,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 63:
cum eos vinciret quos secum habebat, te solutum Romam mittebat?
Cic. Deiot. 7, 22:
nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,
unbandaged, id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:
duos (captivos) solutos ire ad Hannibalem jussit,
Liv. 27, 51:
eum interdiu solutum custodes sequebantur, nocte clausum asservabant,
id. 24, 45, 10:
non efficiatis ut solutos verear quos alligatos adduxit,
Val. Max. 6, 2, 3.—
2.
(Acc. to I. A. 2.) Of texture, etc.; esp. of soil, loose, friable (opp spissus;
postAug.): quo solutior terra facilius pateat radicibus,
Sen. Ep. 90, 21;
ordeum nisi solutum et siccum locum non patitur,
Col. 2, 9:
soluta et facilis terra,
id. 3, 14;
solum solutum vel spissum,
id. 2, 2 init.;
seri vult raphanus terra soluta, umida,
Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83:
hordeum seri non vult, nisi in sicca et soluta terra,
id. 18, 7, 18, § 79:
solutiores ripae,
Front. Aquaed. 15.—Of plants:
mas spissior, femina solutior,
Plin. 25, 9, 57, § 103.—Hence, subst.: sŏlūtum, i, n., a state of looseness:
dum vult describere, quem ad modum alia torqueantur fila, alia ex molli solutoque ducantur,
Sen. Ep. 90, 20.—
3.
(Acc. to I. A. 3.) Rarefied, thin, diffused:
turbo, quo celsior eo solutior laxiorque est, et ob hoc diffunditur,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 9, 3:
aer agitatus a sole calefactusque solutior est,
id. ib. 1, 2, 10:
debet aer nec tam spissus esse, nec tam tenuis et solutus, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 2, 11.—
B.
Trop.
1.
(Acc. to I. B. 1.) Of speech, unfettered, fluent, ready:
(orator) solutus in explicandis sententiis,
Cic. Or. 47, 173:
verbis solutus satis,
id. ib. 47, 174:
solutissimus in dicendo,
id. ib. 48, 180.—
2.
Exempt, free from duties, obligations, etc.:
quam ob rem viderer maximis beneficii vinculis obstrictus, cum liber essem et solutus?
Cic. Planc. 30, 72:
soluta (praedia) meliore in causa sunt quam obligata,
unmortgaged, id. Agr. 3, 2, 9:
si reddidi (debitum), solutus sum ac liber,
Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 5;
non ut gratus, sed ut solutus sim,
id. ib. 4, 21, 3;
solutus omni fenore,
Hor. Epod. 2, 4;
nam ea (religione) magister equitum solutus ac liber potuerit esse,
Liv. 8, 32, 5:
Mamertini soli in omni orbe terrarum vacui, expertes soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23.—
3.
Free from punishment, not punishable, not liable, etc.: qui mancipia vendunt, certiores faciunt emptores quis fugitivus sit, noxave solutus, Edict. Aedil. ap. Dig. 21, 1, 1, § 1; Gell. 4, 2, 1; cf.:
quod aiunt aediles noxae solutus non sit sic intellegendum est... noxali judicio subjectum non esse,
Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 17:
apud quos libido etiam permissam habet et solutam licentiam,
Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:
omne illud tempus habeat per me solutum ac liberum,
i. e. let the crimes then committed be unpunished, id. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33: antea vacuum id solutumque poena fuerat, Tac. A. 14, 28.—With subj. inf.:
maxime solutum fuit, prodere de iis, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 35: solutum existimatur esse, alteri male dicere, Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3.—
4.
Free from cares, undistracted:
animo soluto liberoque,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:
sed paulo solutiore tamen animo,
id. ib. 2, 5, 31, § 82.—
5.
At leisure, free from labor, business, etc.:
te rogo ut eum solutum, liberum, confectis ejus negotiis a te, quamprimum ad me remittas,
Cic. Fam. 13, 63, 2:
quo mea ratio facilior et solutior esse possit,
id. ib. 3, 5, 1.—With gen.:
Genium Curabis Cum famulis operum solutis,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 16.—
6.
Unbound, relaxed, merry, jovial:
quam homines soluti ridere non desinant, tristiores autem, etc.,
Cic. Dom. 39, 104:
an tu existimas quemquam soluto vultu et hilari oculo mortem contemnere?
Sen. Ep. 23, 4:
vultus,
Stat. Th. 5, 355:
(mores) naturam sequentium faciles sunt, soluti sunt,
unembarrassed, Sen. Ep. 122, 17.—
7.
Free from the rule of others, uncontrolled, independent:
cum videas civitatis voluntatem solutam, virtutem alligatam,
Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1:
ab omni imperio externo soluta in perpetuum Hispania,
Liv. 29, 1 fin.:
Masinissae ab imperio Romano solutam libertatem tribuit,
Val. Max. 7, 2, 6:
incerti, solutique, et magis sine domino quam in libertate, Vononem in regnum accipiunt,
Tac. A. 2, 4:
quorum (militum) libertas solutior erat,
Just. 13, 2, 2.—Of animals:
rectore solutos (solis) equos,
Stat. Th. 1, 219.—
8.
Free from influence or restraint; hence, independent, unbiassed, unprejudiced:
nec vero deus ipse alio modo intellegi potest, nisi mens soluta quaedam et libera,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66;
cum animi sine ratione motu ipsi suo soluto ac libero incitarentur,
id. Div. 1, 2, 4:
judicio senatus soluto et libero,
id. Phil. 5, 15, 41:
sum enim ad dignitatem in re publica solutus,
id. Att. 1, 13, 2:
libero tempore cum soluta vobis est eligendi optio,
id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:
si omnia mihi essent solutissima, tamen in re publica non alius essem atque nunc sum,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:
liberi enim ad causas solutique veniebant,
uncommitted, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192.—
9.
Free from moral restraint; hence, unbridled, insolent, loose:
amores soluti et liberi,
Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:
licentia,
id. ib. 4, 4, 4:
populi quamvis soluti ecfrenatique sint,
id. ib. 1, 34, 53:
quis erat qui sibi solutam P. Clodii praeturam sine maximo metu proponeret? Solutam autem fore videbatis, nisi esset is consul qui eam auderet possetque constringere,
id. Mil. 13, 34:
quominus conspectus, eo solutior erat,
Liv. 27, 31 fin.:
adulescentes aliquot quorum, in regno, libido solutior fuerat,
id. 2, 1, 2:
solutioris vitae primos adulescentiae annos egisse fertur,
a licentious life, Val. Max. 2, 6, 1:
spectandi solutissimum morem corrigere,
Suet. Aug. 44:
mores soluti,
licentious habits, Just. 3, 3, 10.—
10.
Regardless of rules, careless, loose:
orator tam solutus et mollis in gestu,
Cic. Brut. 62, 225:
dicta factaque ejus solutiora, et quandam sui neglegentiam praeferentia,
Tac. A. 16, 18.—
11.
Esp., of style, etc., free from rules of composition.
(α).
Oratio soluta, verba soluta, a free style, conversational or epistolary style:
est oratio aliqua vincta atque contexta, soluta alia, qualis in sermone et epistulis,
Quint. 9, 4, 19; 9, 4, 20; 9, 4, 69; 9, 4, 77.—
(β).
More freq.: verba soluta, oratio soluta, prose (opp. to verse);
in full: scribere conabar verba soluta modis, Ov Tr. 4, 10, 24: quod (Isocrates) verbis solutis numeros primus adjunxerit,
Cic. Or. 52, 174:
mollis est enim oratio philosophorum... nec vincta numeris, sed soluta liberius,
id. ib. 19, 64; 71, 234;
68, 228: si omnes soluta oratione scripserunt,
Varr. R. R. 4, 1; de heisce rebus treis libros ad te mittere institui;
de oratione soluta duos, de poetica unum,
id. L. L. 6, 11 fin.:
ut in soluta oratione, sic in poemateis,
id. ib. 7, 1:
primus (Isocrates) intellexit. etiam in soluta oratione, dum versum effugeres modum et numerum quemdam debere servari,
Cic. Brut. 8, 32:
Aristoteles judicat heroum numerum grandiorem quam desideret soluta oratio,
id. Or. 57, 192:
et creticus et paeon quam commodissume putatur in solutam orationem illigari,
id. ib. 64, 215:
a modis quibusdam, cantu remoto, soluta esse videatur oratio,
id. ib. 55, 183; 55, 184; id. de Or. 3, 48, 184: historia est quodammodo carmen solutum, Quint. 10, 1, 31.—
(γ).
Also in reference to a prose rhythm, loose, unrhythmical, inharmonious:
ut verba neque inligata sint, quasi... versus, neque ita soluta ut vagentur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 176; 3, 48, 186:
nec vero haec (Callidii verba) soluta nec diffluentia, sed astricta numeris,
id. Brut. 79, 274:
orator sic illigat sententiam verbis ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,
id. de Or. 3, 44, 175; but: verba soluta suis figuris, words freed from their proper meaning, i.e. metaphors, Manil. 1, 24.—
(δ).
Rarely with reference to the thought: soluta oratio, a fragmentary, disconnected style:
soluta oratio, et e singulis non membris, sed frustis, collata, structura caret,
Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 9, 4, 69:
solutiora componere,
id. 10, 4, 1; 9, 4, 15.—
12.
Effeminate, luxurious (acc. to I. B. 3.):
sinum togae in dextrum umerum reicere, solutum ac delicatum est,
Quint. 11, 3, 146.—
13.
Undisciplined, disorderly:
omnia soluta apud hostes esse,
Liv. 8, 30, 3:
nihil temeritate solutum,
Tac. A. 13, 40:
apud Achaeos neglecta omnia ac soluta fuere,
Just. 34, 2, 2.—
14.
Lax, remiss, weak:
mea lenitas adhuc si cui solutior visa erat,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:
Ciceronem male audivisse, tamquam solutum et enervem,
Tac. Or. 18:
soluti ac fluentes,
Quint. 1, 2, 8.—Hence:
solutum genus orationis,
a lifeless, dull style, Val. Max. 8, 10, 3:
quanto longius abscederent, eo solutiore cura,
laxer attention, Liv. 3, 8, 8.—
C.
(Acc. to II. B. 3. e supra.) Paid, discharged, only as subst.: sŏlūtum, i, n., that which is paid, a discharged debt, in certain phrases:
aliquid in solutum dare,
to give something in payment, Dig. 46, 3, 45; 46, 3, 46; 46, 3, 60: in solutum accipere, to accept in payment:
qui voluntatem bonam in solutum accipit,
Sen. Ben. 7, 16, 4:
qui rem in solutum accipit,
Dig. 42, 4, 15; 12, 1, 19;
in solutum imputare,
to charge as payment, Sen. Ep. 8, 10; aliquid pro soluto est, is considered as paid or cancelled:
pro soluto id in quo creditor accipiendo moram fecit, oportet esse,
Dig. 46, 3, 72: pro soluto usucapere, to acquire by prescription something given in payment by the debtor, but not belonging to him:
pro soluto usucapit qui rem debiti causa recepit,
Dig. 41, 3, 46.— Adv.: sŏlūtē.
1.
Thinly:
corpora diffusa solute,
Lucr. 4, 53.—
2.
Of speech, fluently:
non refert videre quid dicendum est, nisi id queas solute ac suaviter dicere,
Cic. Brut. 29, 110:
ita facile soluteque volvebat sententias,
id. ib. 81, 280:
quid ipse compositus alias, et velut eluctantium verborum, solutius promptiusque eloquebatur,
Tac. A. 4, 31.—
3.
Irregularly, loosely:
a fabris neglegentius solutiusque composita,
Sen. Q. N. 6, 30, 4.—
4.
Freely, without restraint:
generaliter puto judicem justum... solutius aequitatem sequi,
i. e. without strictly regarding the letter of the law, Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—
5.
Of style, without connection, loosely:
enuntiare,
Quint. 11, 2, 47.—
6.
Of manners and discipline, disorderly, negligently:
praecipue sub imperio Cn. Manlii solute ac neglegenter habiti sunt (exercitus),
Liv. 39, 1, 4:
in stationibus solute ac neglegenter agentes,
id. 23, 37, 6.—
7.
Weakly, tamely, without vigor:
quod ille tam solute egisset, tam leniter, tam oscitanter,
Cic. Brut. 80, 277.—
8.
Of morals, loosely, without restraint:
ventitabat illuc Nero, quo solutius urbem extra lasciviret,
Tac. A. 13, 47.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > solvo
3 solvō

solvō solvī (soluit, Ct.; soluisse, Tb.), solūtus, ere [2 se+luo], to loosen, unbind, unfasten, unfetter, untie, release: iube solvi (eum), T.: ad palum adligati repente soluti sunt: ita nexi soluti (sunt), L.: Solvite me, pueri, V.: quo modo solvantur (nodi), Cu.: solve capillos, untie, O.: crines, let down, O.: terrae quem (florem) ferunt solutae, i. e. thawed, H.: Solve senescentem equum, i. e. from service, H.: talibus ora solvit verbis, freely opens, O.: Solvite vela, unfurl, V.— To detach, remove, part, disengage, free: ancorā solutā (i. e. a litore): classis retinacula solvi iussit, O.: teque isto corpore solvo, V.: partūs, to bring forth, O.—Of ships, to free from land, set sail, weigh anchor, leave land, depart: navīs solvit, Cs.: primis tenebris solverat navem, L.: cum foedere solvere navīs, O.: navīs a terrā solverunt, Cs.: ab Corintho solvere navīs, L.: tertia fere vigiliā solvit (sc. navem), Cs.: nos eo die cenati solvimus: a Brundusio solvit, L.: Alexandriā solvisse: portu solventes.— To untie, unfasten, unlock, unseal, open: ille pharetram Solvit, uncovered, O.: solutā epistulā, N.: solutis fasciis, Cu.— To take apart, disintegrate, disunite, dissolve, separate, break up, scatter, dismiss: ubi ordines procursando solvissent, L.: agmina Diductis solvēre choris, V.: solvit maniplos, Iu.: coetuque soluto Discedunt, O.: urbem solutam reliquerunt, disorganized: si solvas ‘Postquam discordia tetra’... Invenias, etc., H.— To relax, benumb, make torpid, weaken: ima Solvuntur latera, V.: pennā metuente solvi, i. e. unflagging, H.: illi solvuntur frigore membra, V.: corpora somnus Solverat, O.: somno vinoque solutos, O.: Solvitur in somnos, V.— To loosen, break up, part, dissolve, disperse, divide, scatter: omne conligatum solvi potest: solvere navīs et rursus coniungere, Cu.: membra ratis, O.— To dissolve, melt, turn, change: nives solvere, melt, O.: (vitulo) per integram solvuntur viscera pellem, V.—Of fastenings, to loose, remove, cancel, untie, unlock: nullo solvente catenas, O.: Frenum solvit, Ph.: Solvitur acris hiemps, H.: a corpore bracchia, relaxes his hold, O.: crinalīs vittas, V.: vinculum epistulae, Cu.—Fig., to free, set free, release, loose, emancipate, relieve, exempt: linguam ad iurgia, O.: cupiditates suas, Cu.: Bassanitas obsidione, L.: ut religione civitas solvatur: Vopiscus, solvatur legibus, be exempted: petente Flacco ut legibus solveretur, L.: ut is per aes et libram heredes testamenti solvat, release the testamentary heirs: reus Postumus est eā lege... solutus ac liber, i. e. the law does not apply to: solutus Legibus insanis, H.: vos curis ceteris, T.: solvent formidine terras, V.: Vita solutorum miserā ambitione, H.: longo luctu, V.: calices quem non fecere Contractā in paupertate solutum? i. e. from cares, H.: ego somno solutus sum, awoke.— To acquit, absolve, cleanse, relieve: ut scelere solvamur, be held guiltless: hunc scelere solutum periculo liberavit: Sit capitis damno Roma soluta mei, O.— To relax, smooth, unbend, quiet, soothe (poet.): solvatur fronte senectus (i. e. frons rugis solvatur), be cleared, H.: arctum hospitiis animum, H.—Of ties, obligations, or authority, to remove, cancel, destroy, efface, make void, annul, overthrow, subvert, violate, abolish: solutum coniugium, Iu.: nec coniugiale solutum Foedus in alitibus, O.: culpa soluta mea est, O.: quos (milites), soluto imperio, licentia conruperat, S.: solvendarum legum principium (i. e. dissolvendarum), Cu.: disciplinam militarem, subvert, L.: pactique fide data munera solvit, i. e. took back, O.— To loosen, impair, weaken, scatter, disperse, dissolve, destroy: plebis vis soluta atque dispersa, S.: senectus quae solvit omnia, L.: nodum (amicitiae) solvere Gratiae, H.: hoc firmos solvit amores, O.— To end, remove, relieve, soothe: ieiunia granis, O.: Curam Dulci Lyaeo, H.: corde metum, V.: pudorem, V.: solutam cernebat obsidionem, the siege raised, L.: Solventur risu tabulae (see tabula), H.— To accomplish, fulfil, complete, keep (of funeral ceremonies, vows, and promises): omnia paterno funeri iusta, finish the burial rites: iustis defunctorum corporibus solutis, Cu.: exsequiis rite solutis, V.: vota, fulfil: Vota Iovi, O.: solvisti fidem, you have kept your promise, T.: Esset, quam dederas, morte soluta fides, i. e. your pledge (to be mine through life), O.— To solve, explain, remove: quā viā captiosa solvantur, i. e. are refuted: Carmina non intellecta, O.: nodos iuris, Iu.—Of debts, to fulfil, pay, discharge, pay off: hoc quod debeo peto a te ut... solutum relinquas, settled: Castricio pecuniam iam diu debitam, a debt of long standing: ex quā (pensione) maior pars est ei soluta: rem creditori populo solvit, L.: ut creditae pecuniae solvantur, Cs.: debet vero, solvitque praeclare.—Of persons, to make payment, pay: cuius bona, quod populo non solvebat, publice venierunt: ei cum solveret, sumpsit a C. M. Fufiis: pro vecturā: tibi quod debet ab Egnatio, pay by a draft on Egnatius: numquam vehementius actum est quam ne solveretur, to stop payments: nec tamen solvendo aeri alieno res p. esset, able to pay its debt, L.; hence the phrase, solvendo esse, to be solvent: solvendo non erat, was insolvent: cum solvendo civitates non essent: ne videatur non fuisse solvendo.—Of money or property, to pay, pay over, hand over (for pecuniā rem or debitum solvere): emi: pecuniam solvi: pro quo (frumento) pretium, L.: quae praemia senatus militibus ante constituit, ea solvantur: arbitria funeris, the expenses of the funeral: Dona puer solvit, paid the promised gifts, O.: HS CC praesentia, in cash: legatis pecuniam pro frumento, L.—Of a penalty, to accomplish, fulfil, suffer, undergo: iustae et debitae poenae solutae sunt: capite poenas, S.: meritas poenas solvens, Cu.
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solvere, solvi, solutus V

loosen, release, unbind, untie, free; open; set sail; scatter; pay off/back

Latin-English dictionary > solvō
4 solum

1.
sŏlum, i, (collat. form sŏlus, ūs, m., acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, 1, 2), n. [root sar-, to guard, make whole; Sanscr. Sarva, entire; cf.: solea, solidus, sollus], the lowest part of a thing, the bottom, ground, base, foundation.
I.
Lit., the floor or pavement of a room; the bottom of a ditch or trench; the foundation of a building or the ground, site, on which it stands, etc.; ground, earth, land, soil; the sole of the foot or of a shoe, etc.:
aurata tecta in villis et sola marmorea,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
(templi) Marmoreum solum,
Ov. M. 15, 672; Tib. 3, 3, 16:
ut ejus (fossae) solum tantundem pateret, quantum summa labra distabant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 72:
imum stagni,
Ov. M. 4, 298:
maris,
Sen. Agam. 475.—Of a river-bed:
puro solo excipitur,
Curt. 3, 4, 8; 5, 3, 2; cf.:
ubi mollius solum reperit, stagnat insulasque molitur,
id. 8, 9, 7:
trabes in solo collocantur,
Caes. B. C. 7, 23:
super pilas lapide quadrato solum stratum est,
Curt. 5, 1, 33:
tecta (porticus) solo jungens,
Lucr. 4, 430:
solo aequata omnia,
Liv. 24, 47 fin.:
clivus Publicius ad solum exustus est,
id. 30, 26, 5:
urbem ad solum diruere,
Curt. 3, 10, 7; Eutr. 4, 17:
solo exaequare,
Flor. 1, 13, 4:
solo aequare,
Vell. 2, 4, 2:
aedificia cuncta solo cohaerentia,
Amm. 22, 11, 6:
ISIDI TEMPLVM A SOLO POSVIT,
Inscr. Orell. 457; cf. ib. 467; Inscr. Fabr. 10, 47: domo pignori data et area ejus tenebitur: est enim pars ejus;
et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,
Dig. 13, 7, 21:
solum proscindere terrae,
Lucr. 5, 1295; so,
terrae,
id. 1, 212; 5, 211; 5, 1289.— Plur.: recente terrae [p. 1724] sola sanguine maculans, Cat. 63, 7:
sola dura,
id. 63, 40; Verg. G. 1, 80; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445:
sibi praeter agri solum nihil esse reliqui,
Caes. B. G. 1, 11:
solum exile et macrum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67:
incultum et derelictum,
id. Brut. 4, 16:
densum, siccum, macrum, etc.,
Col. 2, 2, 5 sq.:
duratae solo nives,
Hor. C. 3, 24, 39:
putre,
Verg. G. 2, 204:
cruentum,
Ov. M. 4, 134:
foecundum,
id. ib. 7, 417:
pulvereum,
id. ib. 7, 113:
triste,
id. ib. 8, 789:
vivax,
id. ib. 1, 420:
pingue,
Verg. G. 1, 64:
praepingue,
id. A. 3, 698:
mite,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 2:
exiguum,
Tib. 1, 1, 22:
cultum,
id. 1, 1, 2:
nudum,
Curt. 3, 4, 3; 7, 5, 17:
viride,
Verg. A. 6, 192:
presso exercere solum sub vomere,
id. G. 2, 356:
solo inmobilis haeret,
id. A. 7, 250:
ingreditur solo,
id. ib. 4, 177:
solo recubans,
id. ib. 3, 392:
reptans solo,
Stat. S. 5, 5, 83.— Plur.:
saturare fimo pingui sola,
Verg. G. 1, 80:
ardent sola terrae,
Lucr. 2, 592; Cat. 61, 7; 61, 40; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445; cf. Cic. Balb. 5, 13, B. 1. infra: solum hominis exitium herbae, the sole of the foot, Varr. R. R. 1, 47 fin.:
mihi calciamentum solorum (est) callum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90:
loca nullius ante Trita solo,
Lucr. 1, 927; 4, 2:
(canes) unguibus duris, solo nec ut corneo nec nimium duro,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: qui auro soccis habeat suppactum solum, the sole of a shoe, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 98;
of a dog: solum corneum,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4:
cereale solum pomis agrestibus augent,
their wheaten board, Verg. A. 7, 111:
vastis tremit ictibus aerea puppis, Subtrahiturque solum,
i. e. the sea under the vessel, id. ib. 5, 199:
omne ponti,
Val. Fl. 4, 712:
astra tenent caeleste solum,
i. e. the vault of heaven, Ov. M. 1, 73: manibusque cruentis Pulsat inane solum, i. e. the sockets of the eyes, Stat. Th. 1, 55.— Prov.: quodcumque or quod in solum venit, whatever falls to the ground, i. e. whatever comes uppermost or occurs to the mind, = quod in buccam venit, Varr. ap. Non. 500, 11; Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65; Afran. ap. Non. 124, 18 sq. (Com. Fragm. v. 41 Rib.).—Also ellipt. (cf. bucca):
convivio delector: ibi loquor, quod in solum ut dicitur,
Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2.—
B.
Transf., in gen.
1.
Soil, i. e. land, country, region, place (cf.: terra, tellus, humus): sola terrarum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 443 Vahl.):
solum, in quo tu ortus et procreatus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4; cf.
patriae,
id. Cat. 4, 7, 16; Liv. 5, 49:
pro solo, in quo nati essent,
id. 5, 30, 1:
patrium,
id. 21, 53:
natale,
i. e. native country, natal soil, Ov. M. 7, 52; 8, 184; id. P. 1, 3, 35; Sen. Med. 334; cf.:
in gremio regni solique genitalis,
Amm. 17, 12, 21:
Miletus, genitale solum,
Vell. 2, 7, 5 (7); Vop. Aur. 3, 2.— Plur.:
vos, mutae regiones, imploro, et sola terrarum ultimarum, etc.,
Cic. Balb. 5, 13:
sola Romana,
Capitol. Max. 13:
vile solum Sparte est,
Ov. M. 15, 428:
Romani numen utrumque soli,
id. F. 3, 292:
maxima Fundani gloria soli,
id. P. 2, 11, 28.— Hence, solum vertere, to leave one's country (generally said of going into exile):
qui volunt poenam aliquam subterfugere, eo solum vertunt, hoc est, sedem ac locum mutant,
Cic. Caecin. 34, 100; cf.:
neque exsilii causā solum vertisse diceretur,
id. Quint. 28, 26; id. Phil. 5, 5, 14; Liv. 3, 13; 43, 2 al.; so,
solum civitatis mutatione vertere,
Cic. Balb. 11, 28.—Rarely, in this sense:
solum mutare: exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutarint,
Cic. Par. 4, 2, 31; cf.:
quo vertendi, hoc est mutandi, soli causā venerant,
id. Dom. 30, 78.—
2.
In jurid. lang.: res soli, land, and all that stands upon it, real estate (opp. res mobiles, personal or movable property):
omnes res, sive mobiles sint, sive soli,
Dig. 13, 3, 1; so,
res soli,
ib. 43, 16, 1, § 32:
tertia pars de agris, terris, arbustis, satis quaerit, et, ut jurisconsultorum verbo utar, de omnibus quae solo continentur,
Sen. Q. N. 2, 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4:
ut feneratores duas patrimonii partes in solo collocarent,
lay out in land, Suet. Tib. 48:
in solo proprio,
Vop. Flor. 2.—
II.
Trop., a base, basis, foundation (very rare): auspicio regni stabilita scamna solumque, i. e. throne, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48 fin. (Ann. v. 99 Vahl.); cf.: Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.):
solum quidem et quasi fundamentum oratoris vides locutionem emendatam et Latinam,
Cic. Brut. 74, 258: solum quoddam atque fundamentum, id. de Or. 3, 37, 151: solo aequandae sunt dictaturae consulatusque, to be levelled with the ground, i. e. to be utterly abolished, Liv. 6, 18, 14; so,
ad solum dirutum,
Vulg. Nah. 2, 6.
2.
sōlum, adv., v. 1. solus fin.

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5 taceō

taceō cuī, citus, ēre [TAC-], to be silent, not speak, say nothing, hold one's peace: praedicemne an taceam? T.: tacendo loqui videbantur: nobis tacentibus: taceamus, L.: in iis rebus, in quibus, etc.: Vere prius volucres taceant, aestate cicadae, O.: Cum tacet omnis ager, V.: Plectra dolore tacent, O.: loca tacentia, the silent land, V.— To pass over in silence, keep quiet, leave unsaid, not speak: Quae vera audivi, taceo, T.: multa: quid tacuit? H.: Ut alios taceam, not to speak of others, O.: Ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst, T.: in medio Marte tacetur Amor, O.: quoquo pacto tacitost opus, it must be kept quiet, T.
* * *

tacere, tacui, tacitus V

be silent; pass over in silence; leave unmentioned, be silent about something

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6 egredior

ē-grĕdĭor, gressus, 3 ( inf. egredier, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 32), v. dep. n. and a.
I.
Neutr., to go or come out, come forth (class.).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen., with e or ex:
foras e fano,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 4; cf.:
e fano huc,
id. ib. 3, 2, 49:
e cubiculo,
Cic. Rep. 1, 12:
ex oppido,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13, 2; 7, 11, 7:
ex suis finibus,
id. ib. 6, 31, 4:
ex castris,
id. ib. 6, 36, 2:
e curia,
Liv. 2, 48; 7, 31 et saep.—With a or ab:
ab sese,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 78; id. Epid. 3, 2, 44; Ter. And. 1, 3, 21; id. Ph. 5, 1, 5; Suet. Claud. 23; cf.:
a nobis foras,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 50. —With simple abl.:
domo,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 1:
portă,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 7; Caes. B. G. 7, 28, 3; Liv. 9, 16:
Romă,
Cic. Quint. 6, 24; Hor. S. 1, 5, 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 53; id. Tib. 40:
tabernaculo,
id. Aug. 91:
triclinio,
id. Calig. 36 et saep.; cf.:
domo foras,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 6, 5.—With adv.:
hinc,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 74:
intus,
id. Pers. 2, 4, 30:
unde,
Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 4 et saep.— Absol.:
placide egredere,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 1; so id. Cas. 3, 2, 6; id. Mil. 2, 6, 59; id. Poen. 3, 2, 36 sq. et saep.:
foras,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 27; id. Curc. 4, 1, 5; id. Cas. 2, 1, 15; id. Mil. 4, 1, 40; 4, 5, 16 et saep.:
obviam,
Liv. 9, 16:
per medias hostium stationes,
id. 5, 46; cf. poet.:
per Veneris res,
Lucr. 2, 437:
extra munitiones,
Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 9; 6, 36, 1; id. B. C. 3, 65, 4:
extra fines, terminos, cancellos,
Cic. Quint. 10, 35 sq.:
extra portam,
Liv. 3, 68; cf.: ad portam, i. e. out to the gate. id. [p. 634] 33, 47 fin.:
in vadum,
id. 8, 24 et saep.—
b.
In an upward direction, to go up, climb, mount, ascend:
scalis egressi,
Sall. J. 60, 6 Kritz.; cf.:
ad summum montis,
id. ib. 93, 2:
in tumulum,
Liv. 26, 44:
in altitudinem,
id. 40, 22:
in vallum,
Tac. H. 3, 29:
in tectum,
id. ib. 3, 71:
in moenia,
id. ib. 4, 29:
in sublime (liquor),
Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111:
altius,
Ov. M. 2, 136.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Milit. t. t.
(α).
To step out, leave:
ne quispiam ordine egrederetur,
Sall. J. 45, 2.—
(β).
To move out, march out:
e castris,
Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 7; 7, 58, 2 al.:
castris,
id. ib. 2, 11, 1; Sall. J. 91, 3.— Absol., Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 1; Sall. J. 91, 2; 106, 4; cf.
also: in pacata,
Liv. 10, 32:
ad proelium,
Caes. B. C. 2, 35, 5:
ad oppugnandum,
Sall. J. 59, 1.—
b.
Naut. t. t.
(α).
(Ex) navi or absol., to disembark from a vessel, to land:
ex navi,
Cic. Vatin. 5, 12; Caes. B. G. 4, 26, 2; id. B. C. 3, 106, 4:
navi,
id. B. G. 4, 21, 9; Liv. 45, 13; cf.
ratibus,
Ov. M. 8, 153; and absol., Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 4; Liv. 1, 1; Ov. H. 21, 91; cf.:
in terram,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44:
in litus,
id. ib. 1, 5, 7.—
(β).
E portu, or absol., to set sail, Cic. Att. 6, 8, 4; Quint. 10, 7, 23; Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 6.—
B.
Trop. in speaking, to digress, depart, deviate, wander (rarely):
a proposito ornandi causa,
Cic. Brut. 21, 82; cf.:
ex quibus,
Quint. 3, 9, 4.— Absol., Quint. 4, 3, 15:
extra praescriptum,
id. 1, 1, 27.
II.
Act., to go beyond, to pass out of, to leave (freq. in the historians, partic. since the Aug. per.; not ante-class., nor in Cic.).
A.
Lit.:
fines,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 7:
munitiones nostras,
id. B. C. 3, 52 fin.:
flumen Mulucham,
Sall. J. 110 fin.:
urbem,
Liv. 1, 29 fin.; 3, 57 fin.; 22, 55 fin. al.:
tecta,
Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 8:
tentoria,
Tac. A. 1, 30; Luc. 5, 510 et saep.:
navem,
Front. Strat. 1, 12, 1 Oud. N. cr.:
portum (navis),
Quint. 4, 1, 61. —
B.
Trop., to overstep, surpass, exceed:
per omnia fortunam hominis egressus,
Vell. 2, 40, 2; so,
vetus familia neque tamen praeturam egressa,
yet had attained no higher honor than, Tac. A. 3, 30:
quintum annum,
Quint. 6 prooem. §
6: modum,
id. 8, 6, 16; 9, 4, 146; Tac. A. 13, 2:
sexum,
id. ib. 16, 10 fin.:
clementiam majorum suasque leges,
id. ib. 3, 24:
relationem,
id. ib. 2, 38:
medios metus,
Val. Fl. 2, 277 et saep.:
tecta altitudinem moenium egressa,
Tac. H. 3, 30 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > egredior
7 legens

1.
lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
I.
A publicist's t. t.
A.
To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:
ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,
Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:
juste pieque legatus venio,
Liv. 1, 32:
tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,
Sall. J. 21, 4:
quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,
Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
2.
Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):
quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,
what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
b.
Beyond the official sphere:
quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?
committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
B.
To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):
eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,
Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:
ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 2, 6:
istum legatum iri non arbitror,
id. ib. 10, 1, 4:
ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:
Dolabella me sibi legavit,
chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:
Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,
Sall. J. 28.—
II.
A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):
Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,
Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:
usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,
Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:
Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,
id. Top. 3, 14:
cui argentum omne legatum est,
Quint. 5, 10, 62:
in argento legato,
id. 7, 2, 11.—
B.
Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:
uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,
Cic. Clu. 12, 33:
si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,
id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
1.
lēgātus, i, m.
A.
(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
legatos mittere,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:
ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,
id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:
missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,
Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
B.
(Acc. to lego, I. B.).
a.
An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:
quos legatos tute tibi legasti?
Cic. Pis. 14, 33:
qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,
id. Clu. 36, 99:
Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:
Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,
id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:
neque se ei legatum defuturum,
id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:
hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,
Cic. Pis. 35, 86:
(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,
id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:
quaestorius,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:
L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,
id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:
magnitudo et splendor legati,
Liv. 38, 58, 9:
in magna legatum quaere popina,
Juv. 8, 172.—
b.
Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
(β).
Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:
Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;
legatus praetorius,
Tac. Agr. 7.—
2.
lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:
legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,
Dig. 30, 116:
Hortensii legata cognovi,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:
reliqua legata varie dedit,
Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:
legatum peto ex testamento,
Quint. 4, 2, 6:
jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,
Suet. Dom. 8:
cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,
Juv. 9, 62:
legatorum genera sunt quattuor,
Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
2.
lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
oleam,
Cato, R. R. 144:
nuces,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:
herbas collibus,
Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:
roscida mala,
id. ib. 8, 38:
flores in calathos,
Ov. F. 5, 218:
spolia caesorum,
Liv. 5, 39:
quos (montanos asparagos),
Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:
ossa,
Ov. H. 10, 150:
homini mortuo ossa,
Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:
reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,
Suet. Aug. 100. —
B.
Esp.
1.
To take out, pick out, extract, remove:
quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,
Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:
ossa vivis,
id. ad Marc. 22, 3:
ossa in capite lecta,
id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:
ossa e vulneribus,
Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
2.
To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):
oleam qui legerit,
Cato, R. R. 144, 1:
ficus non erat apta legi,
Ov. F. 2, 254.—
3.
Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:
extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,
i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:
quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,
Ov. F. 3, 462:
stamen,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
4.
Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:
omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,
Verg. G. 1, 373:
vela legunt socii,
id. A. 3, 532:
ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,
Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:
prora funem legit Argus ab alta,
draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:
ancoras classis legit,
is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
5.
To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:
majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,
Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:
sacra divum,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:
soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,
Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
6.
Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):
nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,
Ov. M. 5, 579:
pars cetera pontum Pone legit,
sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:
vada dura lego,
id. ib. 3, 706:
freta,
id. ib. 3, 127:
aequora Afra,
Ov. F. 4, 289:
Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,
id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:
subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,
id. M. 3, 17; cf.:
et vestigia retro Observata legit,
Verg. A. 9, 392:
tortos orbes,
to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
7.
To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):
Inarimen Prochytenque legit,
Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:
navibus oram Italiae,
Liv. 21, 51 fin.:
oram Campaniae,
Suet. Tib. 11; cf.
terram,
id. Aug. 16. —
8.
Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):
alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,
pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:
judices,
Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:
omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,
id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:
scribam,
to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:
condiciones nubendi,
id. Cael. 15:
cives in patres,
Liv. 23, 22:
viros ad bella,
Ov. M. 7, 669:
geminasque legit de classe biremes,
Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:
senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,
Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
* (β).
With inf.:
fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,
Stat. Th. 1, 530.
II.
Trop.
* A.
To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:
nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
B.
To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
* 1.
In gen.:
tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,
Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
2.
In partic., to read or peruse a writing:
ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,
Cic. Top. 1:
defensionem causae,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:
legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:
aliquid studiose intenteque,
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:
significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,
id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:
liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,
Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:
orationem,
Quint. 1, 1, 6:
aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:
antiquos et novos,
Quint. 2, 5, 23:
antiquos studiosius,
id. 3, 6, 62:
poëtas,
id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:
Horatius fere solus legi dignus,
Quint. 10, 1, 96:
si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,
id. 10, 1, 116:
dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,
Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:
sepulcra legens,
when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:
legentium plerisque,
Liv. 1 praef. §
4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,
to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:
nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,
Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:
legendi usus,
Lact. 3, 25, 9:
memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,
Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
b.
In partic.
(α).
To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):
convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:
audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,
Plin. Ep. 9, 34:
obturem impune legentibus aures,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:
quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,
with recitation, id. A. P. 475:
quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,
to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
(β).
To find in an author or a writing:
ut scriptum legimus,
Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:
legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,
id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:
ego vero haec scripta legi,
id. Planc. 39, 94:
praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,
Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:
in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,
Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
C.
A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;
v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,
Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,
argentum,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:
ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:
uxor lectissima,
id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,
id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:
nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,
id. Or. 68, 227:
juvenum lectissime,
Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:
viginti lectis equitum comitatus,
Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):
ab lego lecte ac lectissime,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:
lectius,
Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > legens
8 lego

1.
lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
I.
A publicist's t. t.
A.
To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:
ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,
Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:
juste pieque legatus venio,
Liv. 1, 32:
tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,
Sall. J. 21, 4:
quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,
Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
2.
Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):
quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,
what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
b.
Beyond the official sphere:
quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?
committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
B.
To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):
eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,
Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:
ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 2, 6:
istum legatum iri non arbitror,
id. ib. 10, 1, 4:
ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:
Dolabella me sibi legavit,
chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:
Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,
Sall. J. 28.—
II.
A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):
Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,
Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:
usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,
Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:
Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,
id. Top. 3, 14:
cui argentum omne legatum est,
Quint. 5, 10, 62:
in argento legato,
id. 7, 2, 11.—
B.
Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:
uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,
Cic. Clu. 12, 33:
si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,
id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
1.
lēgātus, i, m.
A.
(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
legatos mittere,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:
ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,
id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:
missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,
Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
B.
(Acc. to lego, I. B.).
a.
An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:
quos legatos tute tibi legasti?
Cic. Pis. 14, 33:
qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,
id. Clu. 36, 99:
Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:
Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,
id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:
neque se ei legatum defuturum,
id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:
hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,
Cic. Pis. 35, 86:
(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,
id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:
quaestorius,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:
L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,
id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:
magnitudo et splendor legati,
Liv. 38, 58, 9:
in magna legatum quaere popina,
Juv. 8, 172.—
b.
Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
(β).
Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:
Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;
legatus praetorius,
Tac. Agr. 7.—
2.
lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:
legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,
Dig. 30, 116:
Hortensii legata cognovi,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:
reliqua legata varie dedit,
Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:
legatum peto ex testamento,
Quint. 4, 2, 6:
jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,
Suet. Dom. 8:
cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,
Juv. 9, 62:
legatorum genera sunt quattuor,
Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
2.
lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
oleam,
Cato, R. R. 144:
nuces,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:
herbas collibus,
Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:
roscida mala,
id. ib. 8, 38:
flores in calathos,
Ov. F. 5, 218:
spolia caesorum,
Liv. 5, 39:
quos (montanos asparagos),
Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:
ossa,
Ov. H. 10, 150:
homini mortuo ossa,
Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:
reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,
Suet. Aug. 100. —
B.
Esp.
1.
To take out, pick out, extract, remove:
quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,
Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:
ossa vivis,
id. ad Marc. 22, 3:
ossa in capite lecta,
id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:
ossa e vulneribus,
Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
2.
To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):
oleam qui legerit,
Cato, R. R. 144, 1:
ficus non erat apta legi,
Ov. F. 2, 254.—
3.
Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:
extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,
i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:
quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,
Ov. F. 3, 462:
stamen,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
4.
Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:
omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,
Verg. G. 1, 373:
vela legunt socii,
id. A. 3, 532:
ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,
Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:
prora funem legit Argus ab alta,
draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:
ancoras classis legit,
is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
5.
To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:
majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,
Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:
sacra divum,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:
soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,
Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
6.
Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):
nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,
Ov. M. 5, 579:
pars cetera pontum Pone legit,
sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:
vada dura lego,
id. ib. 3, 706:
freta,
id. ib. 3, 127:
aequora Afra,
Ov. F. 4, 289:
Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,
id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:
subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,
id. M. 3, 17; cf.:
et vestigia retro Observata legit,
Verg. A. 9, 392:
tortos orbes,
to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
7.
To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):
Inarimen Prochytenque legit,
Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:
navibus oram Italiae,
Liv. 21, 51 fin.:
oram Campaniae,
Suet. Tib. 11; cf.
terram,
id. Aug. 16. —
8.
Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):
alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,
pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:
judices,
Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:
omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,
id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:
scribam,
to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:
condiciones nubendi,
id. Cael. 15:
cives in patres,
Liv. 23, 22:
viros ad bella,
Ov. M. 7, 669:
geminasque legit de classe biremes,
Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:
senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,
Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
* (β).
With inf.:
fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,
Stat. Th. 1, 530.
II.
Trop.
* A.
To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:
nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
B.
To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
* 1.
In gen.:
tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,
Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
2.
In partic., to read or peruse a writing:
ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,
Cic. Top. 1:
defensionem causae,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:
legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:
aliquid studiose intenteque,
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:
significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,
id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:
liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,
Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:
orationem,
Quint. 1, 1, 6:
aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:
antiquos et novos,
Quint. 2, 5, 23:
antiquos studiosius,
id. 3, 6, 62:
poëtas,
id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:
Horatius fere solus legi dignus,
Quint. 10, 1, 96:
si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,
id. 10, 1, 116:
dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,
Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:
sepulcra legens,
when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:
legentium plerisque,
Liv. 1 praef. §
4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,
to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:
nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,
Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:
legendi usus,
Lact. 3, 25, 9:
memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,
Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
b.
In partic.
(α).
To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):
convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:
audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,
Plin. Ep. 9, 34:
obturem impune legentibus aures,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:
quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,
with recitation, id. A. P. 475:
quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,
to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
(β).
To find in an author or a writing:
ut scriptum legimus,
Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:
legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,
id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:
ego vero haec scripta legi,
id. Planc. 39, 94:
praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,
Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:
in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,
Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
C.
A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;
v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,
Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,
argentum,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:
ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:
uxor lectissima,
id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,
id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:
nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,
id. Or. 68, 227:
juvenum lectissime,
Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:
viginti lectis equitum comitatus,
Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):
ab lego lecte ac lectissime,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:
lectius,
Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lego
9 ēgredior

ēgredior gressus, ī, dep. [ex + gradior]. I. Intrans, to go out, come forth, march out, go away: ad proelium, Cs.: per medias hostium stationes, L.: extra finīs: ex suis finibus, Cs.: e portu, set sail: a nobis foras, T.: portis, Cs.: Romā: Est urbe egressis tumulus, just outside, V.: unde erant egressi, Cs.: cum senatum egressum vidi, adjourned. — To disembark, land: ex navi, Cs.: ratibus, O.: ad egrediendum locus, Cs.: in terram.— To go up, climb, mount, ascend: scalis, S.: ad summum montis, S.: in tumulum, L.: altius, O. — Fig., to digress, deviate: a proposito. — II. Trans, to go beyond, pass out of, leave: munitiones, Cs.: flumen, S.: urbem, L.—Fig.: modum, to transgress, Ta.: praeturam, to reach a higher honor than, Ta.
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egredi, egressus sum V DEP

go/march/come out; set sail; land, disembark; surpass, go beyond

Latin-English dictionary > ēgredior
10 solum

solum ī, n the lowest part, bottom, ground, base, foundation, floor, pavement, site: sola marmorea: (templi) Marmoreum, O.: ut eius (fossae) solum pateret, Cs.: (amnis) puro solo excipitur, bed, Cu.—The ground, earth, soil: ubi mollius solum reperit, Cu.: trabes in solo conlocantur, Cs.: clivus ad solum exustus, burned to the ground, L.: urbem ad solum diruere, Cu.; cf. solo aequandae sunt dictaturae, i. e. to be abolished, L.: saturare fimo pingui sola, V.: incultum et derelictum: Duratae solo nives, H.: Fecundum, O.: mite, H.: Urbs Etrusca solo, i. e. on Etruscan soil, V.: nudum, Cu.: solo inmobilis haeret, V.: cereale solum pomis agrestibus augent, their wheaten board, V.: tremit puppis, Subtrahiturque solum, i. e. the supporting sea, V.: caeleste, i. e. the sky, O.—Prov.: quodcumque in solum venit, whatever falls to the ground, i. e. whatever comes uppermost.—Of the foot, the sole: solorum callum.—A soil, land, country, region, place: solum, in quo tu ortus: pro solo, in quo nati essent, L.: natale, native soil, O. —Esp., in the phrase, vertere or mutare solum, to leave the country, go into exile: quo vertendi, hoc est, mutandi soli causā venerant: eo solum vertunt, hoc est, sedem ac locum mutant: si solum non mutarunt.—Fig., a base, basis, foundation: Auspicio regni stabilita scamna solumque, i. e. throne, Enn. ap. C.: solum quoddam atque fundamentum.
* * *
I
ADV

only/just/mearly/barely/alone
II
soli N N

bottom, ground, floor; soil, land

Latin-English dictionary > solum
11 ex-pōnō

ex-pōnō posuī, positus (expostus, V.), ere, to put out, set forth, expose, exhibit: vasa: argentum in aedibus: ratis Expositis stabat scalis, laid out, V.: alqd venditioni, Ta.—Of children, to expose, abandon: Is quicum expositast gnata, T.: pueros, L.—To set on shore, land, disembark: milites ex navibus, Cs.: socios de puppibus altis Pontibus, by bridges, V.: expositis copiis, Cs.: in Africā, L.: ibi Themistoclem, N.: exercitum, Cs.: quartā exponimur horā, H.: advexi frumentum, exposui, unloaded: exponimur orbe Terrarum, are excluded, O.—To offer, tender, be ready to pay: ei DCCC.— To leave exposed, expose, lay open: ad ictūs, L.: rupes exposta ponto, V.—Fig., to exhibit, expose, reveal, publish, offer, set forth: causa ante oculos exposita: expositā ad exemplum nostrā re p.—To set forth, exhibit, relate, explain, expound: sicuti exposui: quae adhuc exposui: rem breviter: Africae situm paucis, S.: causas odii, O.: artīs rhetoricas: eadem multitudini, Cs.: animos remanere post mortem: res quem ad modum gesta sit: quid hominis sit: plura de alquo, N.: exposito, quid iniquitas loci posset, etc., Cs.

Latin-English dictionary > ex-pōnō
12 evado

ē-vādo, si, sum, 3 ( perf. sync. evasti, Hor. S. 2, 7, 68; Sil. 15, 796; perf. evadi. Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 5, 6), v. n. and a.
I.
Neutr., to go or come out, go forth (freq. and class.).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36:
ex aqua,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 86:
ex balineis,
Cic. Cael. 27, 65:
oppido,
Sall. J. 56, 5:
undis,
Verg. A. 9, 99:
puteo,
Phaedr. 4, 9, 11:
abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit,
Cic. Cat. 2, 1:
per praeruptum saxum in Capitolium,
Liv. 5, 46:
in terram,
to disembark, to land, id. 29, 27 fin. —
b.
In an upward direction:
ex abditis sedibus evadere atque exire,
Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:
evado ad summi fastigia culminis,
mount up, ascend, Verg. A. 2, 458:
ad parietem,
Suet. Ner. 48:
in murum, muros, moenia,
Liv. 2, 17; 4, 34; 10, 17:
in jugum,
id. 33, 8:
in cacumen,
Curt. 7, 11:
super capita hostium,
id. 5, 3 et saep.—
2.
In partic., to get away, escape:
aut e morbo evasurum aegrotum, aut e periculo navem, aut ex insidiis exercitum,
Cic. Div. 2, 5, 13: ex fuga, * Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 4:
e manibus hostium,
Liv. 22, 49:
ex judicio,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5:
e tanto periculo,
Liv. 42, 18:
periculo,
id. 21, 33:
adverso colle, sicuti praeceptum fuerat, evadunt,
Sall. J. 52, 3; cf. id. ib. 50 fin.; Liv. 1, 12 fin.; 10, 1 et saep.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to go or come out, pass out, escape:
accedit, ut eo facilius animus evadat ex hoc aëre eumque perrumpat, quod, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 19; cf.:
ex corpore (animus),
id. de Sen. 22, 80; and:
cum ab iis... evaseris, id Tusc. 1, 41, 98: ad conjecturam,
to arrive at, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 20:
ne in infinitum quaestio evadat,
Quint. 2, 17, 16. —
b.
In an upward direction:
nitamur semper ad optima: quod facientes aut evademus in summum, aut certe multos infra nos videbimus,
Quint. 12, 11, 30.—
2.
In partic., to turn out, fall out, end in some manner, to have an issue of some kind, to result, to turn to or become something:
ex communibus proprii, ex fucosis firmi suffragatores evadunt,
Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 9, 35; cf. Cic. Or. 27, 95; id. Fin. 4, 25, 69:
quos judicabat non posse oratores evadere,
id. de Or. 1, 28, 126:
fuit autem Athenis adulescens, perfectus Epicureus evaserat,
id. Brut. 35, 131; 87, 299; id. Fin. 4, 28, 78:
ita molles mentes evadunt civium,
id. Rep. 1, 43, 67; cf.:
juvenis evasit vere indolis regiae,
Liv. 1, 39:
quod tu ejusmodi evasisti,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69:
nimis saepe secus videmus evadere,
id. Leg. 2, 17, 43.—Of abstract subjects:
ut ita fastidiosae mollesque mentes evadant civium, ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 43 fin.:
si quando aliquod somnium verum evaserit,
id. Div. 2, 53:
vereor ne haec quoque laetitia vana evadat,
Liv. 23, 12:
quoniam primum vanum inceptum evasisset,
id. 35, 47 et saep.:
intellego hercle: sed quo evadas nescio,
what you are driving at, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 44: quam timeo, quorsum evadas, where you are coming out in your story, Ter. And. 1, 1, 100; 1, 2, 5:
nimia illaec licentia Profecto evadet in aliquod magnum malum,
id. Ad. 3, 4, 64:
demiror quid sit, et quo evadat, sum in metu,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 68; cf. Cic. Att. 14, 19 fin.:
videamus, hoc quorsum evadat,
id. ib. 9, 18, 4; Nep. Dion. 8, 1:
huccine (beneficia),
to end in this, Sall. J. 14, 9:
in morbos longos,
Liv. 27, 33, 6.—
b.
Pregn., to come to pass, be fulfilled:
aliquando id, quod somniarimus, evadere,
Cic. Div. 2, 59;
for which: si somnium verum evasit aliquod,
id. ib. 2, 71, 146.
II.
Act. (mostly poet. and post-Aug.; not in Cic.), to pass over or pass a thing, to get over, pass beyond, leave behind.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
omnem videbar evasisse viam,
Verg. A. 2, 730:
tot urbes,
id. ib. 3, 282:
vada, arva,
Ov. M. 3, 19:
amnem,
Tac. A. 12, 35:
limen harae,
Col. 7, 9, 13:
vestibulum (apes),
id. 9, 12, 1 et saep.—
b.
In an upward direction:
sic fata gradus evaserat altos,
had mounted the steps, Verg. A. 4, 685:
ardua,
to climb, ascend, Liv. 2, 65. —
2.
In partic., to get away, flee, escape from, = effugere:
alicujus manus,
Verg. A. 9, 560:
loca mortis,
Ov. M. 14, 126:
flammam,
Verg. A. 5, 689:
angustias,
Liv. 21, 32; 38, 2:
nocturnas insidias,
Suet. Caes. 74: aliquem, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 61.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen.: vitam, to depart from, i. e. to die, App. M. 4, p. 140.—
b.
In an upward direction:
si haec quoque jam lenius supina perseverantibus studiis evaseris,
hast climbed, ascended, Quint. 12, 10, 79.—
2.
In partic., to escape, get rid of: aegritudinem, Lucil. ap. Non. 294, 7:
necem,
Phaedr. 4, 6, 4:
gravem casum,
Tac. A. 14, 6:
sermones malignorum,
Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 3 et saep.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > evado
13 exeo

ex-ĕo, ĭi (rarely īvi, Gell. 12, 12, 3; Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 50; perf. exit, for exiit, id. Ps. 2, 4, 40; Verg. A. 2, 497), ĭtum, īre ( fut. [p. 683] exibo, but exies, exiet, Sen. Ep. 113, 20; id. Apocol. 3, 1 al.;
exiet for exibit,
Tert. adv. Jud. 13; Vulg. Matt. 2, 6; 5, 26 al.; perh. also in Hor. C. 4, 4, 65; acc. to some MSS. al. evenit; v. Orell. ad h. l.), v. n. and a.
I.
Neutr., to go out or forth, to go away, depart.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
dum intro eo atque exeo,
Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 43:
jam ad te exeo,
id. Bacch. 4, 6, 24; 4, 9, 129:
foras,
id. Cas. 5, 2, 51; cf. id. Rud. 2, 2, 2:
ex urbe,
id. Am. 1, 3, 35:
ex urbe, oppido,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2; Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 1:
e patria,
Cic. Pis. 14, 33:
e finibus suis,
Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 1:
clam ex castris,
id. ib. 7, 20, 10:
ab aliquo,
from one's house, Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 7 (v. ab, I. a.):
ab urbe,
away from, Liv. 10, 37, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; 21, 13, 7; 23, 18, 14;
al. a villa sua,
Quint. 6, 3, 49:
de triclinio, de cubiculo,
Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 263:
de balneis,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 223:
de navi,
id. Att. 2, 7, 4:
(cornix) a cauda de ovo,
tail first, Plin. 10, 16, 18, § 38:
portā,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 39:
domo,
Cic. Rep. 1, 12; cf.:
erant omnino itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent,
i. e. withdraw from, leave their country, Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 1; so,
domo,
id. ib. 1, 12, 5;
1, 29, 1: castris,
id. B. C. 1, 69, 3:
in solitudinem,
to withdraw, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:
in alias domos tamquam in colonias,
id. ib. 1, 17, 54:
in provinciam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 33, 4:
in terram,
i. e. to land, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 433:
in luminis oras,
i. e. to be born, Lucr. 1, 170:
ad aliquem,
i. e. to go from home to visit a person, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 6 et saep.—Prov.:
exeat aulā, qui vult esse pius,
Luc. 8, 493.— Poet., with inf.:
exierant dare veris opes,
Stat. Ach. 1, 288.—Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:
cum de consularibus mea prima sors exisset,
Cic. Att. 1, 19, 3; so,
sors,
Hor. C. 2, 3, 27; cf.:
cujus nomen exisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
nummi, qui per simulationem ab isto exierant,
id. ib. 2, 2, 25, §
61: per septem portus in maris exit aquas (Nilus),
flows out, empties, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 10:
septem aquis (Ister),
Val. Fl. 8, 187:
populo albae folia vetustiora in angulos exeunt,
terminate, Plin. 16, 23, 35, § 86:
color in florem heliotropii,
id. 37, 6, 22, § 83; cf.:
masculina nomina in A atque S litteras,
to end, terminate, Quint. 1, 5, 61.— Pass. impers.:
uti inde exiri possit,
Cato, R. R. 1, 2:
crepuit ostium: exitur foras,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 15:
in Velabro, qua in Novam viam exitur,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 24 Müll.—
2.
In partic.
a.
In milit. lang., to move out, march out:
milites, qui de tertia vigilia exissent,
Caes. B. C. 1, 64 fin.:
ut paludati (praetores) exeant,
depart for the battle-field, id. ib. 1, 6, 6:
ad pugnam,
Liv. 44, 39, 2; Verg. G. 4, 67:
ex Italia ad bellum civile,
Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 3 et saep.— Pass. impers.:
non posse clam exiri,
Caes. B. C. 1, 67, 2:
postquam exitum est maximā copiā,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 64.—
b.
In jurid. Lat.: potestate, de or a potestate alicujus, to get out of any one's power (potestas), to be emancipated, become free, Dig. 37, 4, 1, § 6; 62; 28, 6, 3 et saep. (cf. B. 1. infra).—
c.
De vita, to depart from life, decease, die (for the usual excedere or decedere de vita):
quem (me) fuerat aequius ut prius introieram, sic prius exire de vita,
Cic. Cael. 4, 15; so,
de vita,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 5; cf.:
e vita tamquam e theatro,
Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:
vitā exire,
Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 1.—
d.
To go out or forth in any manner, to issue, escape (very rare):
cujus (Isocratis) e ludo tamquam ex equo Trojano meri principes exierunt,
Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 94:
hanc tamen Antonius fugam suam, quia vivus exierat, victoriam vocabat,
Vell. 2, 82, 3.—Of inanimate subjects:
currente rota cur urceus exit?
Hor. A. P. 22: libri quidem ita exierunt, ut, etc., turned out (the figure being borrowed from works of art which are cast and turned out of the mould), Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1.—
e.
Of plants, to come up, spring forth, sprout out:
plerumque e terra exit hordeum diebus VII.,
Varr. R. R. 1, 45, 1:
ne semina in frugem exeant e terra,
Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 109:
folia a radice,
id. 25, 4, 9, § 28:
lupinus agro limoso,
Col. 2, 10, 3:
fabae in folia,
Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 57; and absol.:
ut vix ulla herba exeat,
Col. 2, 11, 3; so,
lens sata (with grandescere),
Pall. Febr. 4;
and, messis,
Val. Fl. 7, 549.—
f.
To mount upwards, ascend, rise ( poet. and postAug. prose):
in auras (ignis),
Lucr. 6, 886:
ad caelum (arbor),
Verg. G. 2, 81:
in altitudinem (comae palmarum),
Plin. 13, 4, 8, § 37.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen.:
exisse ex potestate dicimus eos, qui effrenati feruntur aut libidine aut iracundia, etc.... Qui igitur exisse ex potestate dicuntur, idcirco dicuntur, quia non sunt in potestate mentis,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; cf.:
itaque iratos proprie dicimus exisse de potestate, id est de consilio, de ratione, de mente,
id. ib. 4, 36, 77;
for which: a se,
Petr. 90: ex hac aerumna, Lucil. ap. Non. 296, 16; cf.:
exire aere alieno,
Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13 (dub. al. se exserere):
quam nihil non consideratum exibat ex ore!
id. Brut. 76, 265; id. de Or. 2, 22 fin.:
nequaquam similiter oratio mea exire atque in vulgus emanare poterit,
id. Rosc. Am. 1, 3; Plin. Pan. 75, 3:
ea res prodita est et in vulgus exivit,
Gell. 12, 12, 3; cf. with object-clause:
exiit opinio, descensurum eum ad Olympia inter athletas,
Suet. Ner. 53; for which also with a subject-clause:
quod ante paucos dies exierat in vulgus, laudanti cuidam formam suam, respondisse eum, etc.,
id. Galb. 20:
ob hoc exivit proverbium, etc.,
became current, Vulg. Gen. 10, 9.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Of time, to run out, end, expire:
quinto anno exeunte,
Cic. Div. 1, 25, 53:
indutiarum dies exierat,
Liv. 4, 30, 14; 30, 25, 1; 42, 47, 10:
dies censurae, stipendii,
id. 9, 34, 22; 22, 33, 5:
nullus mihi per otium dies exit,
Sen. Ep. 8; Plin. Pan. 68, 2 et saep.—
b.
To extend beyond a certain measure or limit (mostly post-Aug.):
extra aliquid,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 25:
vestra vita, licet supra mille annos exeat,
run out, extend, Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:
probationes in tertium diem exierunt,
Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 18:
digressus in laudes Castoris ac Pollucis exierat,
Quint. 11, 2, 11; cf.:
continuus (translationis usus) in allegorias et aenigmata exit,
id. 8, 6, 14:
in longum exierit ordo rerum,
id. 4, 2, 51.—
c.
To pass away, perish:
opus laudabile, numquam a memoria hominum exiturum,
Sen. Ben. 3, 38; so with a subjectclause:
an jam memoriā exisse, neminem ex plebe tribunum militum creatum esse?
Liv. 6, 37, 5.—
II.
Act. ( poet. and in postAug. prose), to go or pass beyond a thing.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
limen,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 18:
Avernas valles,
Ov. M. 10, 52:
flumen,
Val. Fl. 4, 698:
quantum diurni itineris miliariorum numero in reda possit exiri,
Vitr. 10, 9, 3:
donec minor filius lubricum juventae exiret,
Tac. A. 6, 49 (55) fin. —
2.
Pregn., to avoid, evade, ward off:
corpore tela atque oculis vigilantibus exit,
avoids the blows, Verg. A. 5, 438; cf.:
feros exibant dentis adactus (jumenta),
Lucr. 5, 1330; Stat. Th. 6, 802:
procul absiliebat, ut acrem exiret odorem,
Lucr. 6, 1217:
profluvium sanguinis,
id. 6, 1206:
vim viribus,
Verg. A. 11, 750 et saep.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To exceed:
modum,
Ov. M. 9, 632.—
2.
Of time: ad exitam aetatem = ad ultimam aetatem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 28, 5 Müll.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > exeo
14 expono

ex-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (ante-class. perf. exposivit, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27;
sync. expostus,
Verg. A. 10, 694; Stat. Th. 7, 197), v. a., to put or set out, to set forth, expose (class.; most freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: expedio, explano, explico).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos et exposuit vasa Samia,
set out, Cic. Mur. 36, 75:
vasa,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:
apparatum in porticibus,
Suet. Caes. 10; cf.:
aliquid in publico,
Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; cf. id. 15, 5, 6, § 21:
herbam in sole,
Col. 12, 28, 1:
aliquem ictu,
to put out, turn out, Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 14:
cubito,
id. Cas. 4, 4, 27.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of children, to expose:
puellam ad necem,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 18; id. Cas. prol. 41; Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; Cic. Rep. 2, 2; Liv. 1, 4, 5; cf. id. 1, 6, 3:
ad januam matris,
Suet. Claud. 27 al. —
2.
Naut. t. t.
a.
To set on shore, to land, disembark:
milites ex navibus,
Caes. B. G. 4, 37, 1;
for which: socios de puppibus,
Verg. A. 10, 288:
milites in terram,
Caes. B. C. 3, 23, 2:
expositis omnibus copiis,
id. ib. 3, 29, 2; 1, 31 fin.; Liv. 24, 40, 9:
ibi in terram,
id. 34, 8, 7; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44; cf.:
in litora,
Liv. 37, 28, 8:
aegra mancipia in insulam,
Suet. Claud. 25; but also with abl.:
in Africa,
Liv. 28, 44, 10 Drak. N. cr.:
in terra,
Vell. 2, 79, 4:
in litore,
Suet. Caes. 4; Just. 22, 5; Liv. 2, 22, 3; 26, 17, 2; Sen. Ep. 53, 2:
in portu,
Just. 18, 1, 3:
ibi Themistoclem,
Nep. Them. 8, 7:
ad eum locum milites,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 3:
quibus regionibus exercitum exposuisset,
id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:
expositum peregrinis arenis os,
Ov. M. 11, 56:
quartā vix demum exponimur horā,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 23: advexi frumentum;
exposui, vendo meum, etc.,
have unloaded, unpacked, opened, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:
merces,
Dig. 14, 2, 10.—
b.
To throw on the ground, throw down:
paene exposivit cubito,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 34.—
c.
To throw overboard:
si propter necessitatem adversae tempestatis expositum onus fuerit,
Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 8.—
3.
Mercant. t. t.: pecuniam, to offer a sum to one, place at one's disposal, to be ready to pay:
de Oppio bene curasti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,
Cic. Att. 5, 4, 3 (for which, aperuisti, id. ib. 5, 1, 2).—
4.
Pregn., to leave exposed or unprotected, to expose, lay open (not ante-Aug.):
ad ictus,
Liv. 9, 35, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31:
ille ad omnes ictus expositus,
id. 9, 5, 9:
ne inermes provinciae barbaris nationibus exponerentur,
Tac. H. 3, 5:
exercitum hosti,
Flor. 3, 11; Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67:
ceteris animalibus imbecillitatem hominum,
Lact. 3, 23, 10; id. Epit. 9, 1; Val. Max. 7, 1, ext. 2:
piscibus beluisque,
Petr. 115:
exposito solibus loco,
Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 21.— Pass. absol.: (iracundi) simplices videntur, quia expositi sunt, Sen. de Ira, 2, 16, 3.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen.:
totam causam, judices, explicemus atque ante oculos expositam consideremus,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 34; cf.:
vitam alterius in oculis conspectuque omnium exponere,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:
disciplina puerilis publice exposita,
id. Rep. 4, 3:
orationem,
to publish, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf.:
capita exposita nec explicata,
id. Brut. 44, 164:
erant huic studio maxima exposita praemia,
id. de Or. 1, 4, 15:
praemium,
to set forth, propose, id. Quint. 23, 74: vitam suam exponere ad imitandum juventuti, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 104, 3:
factum expositum ad imitandum,
id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:
exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,
id. Rep. 1, 46:
opprobrio ad omnium convicia exposito,
Suet. Caes. 49:
expositum ad invidiam nomen,
Tac. H. 2, 53:
nomen Dei,
to prostitute, dishonor, Lact. 1, 7.—
B.
In partic., of speech, to set forth, exhibit, relate, explain, expound; constr. with acc. and inf., or a rel. clause as object, or with de:
coepit rationem hujus operis scientissime Gallus exponere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 14:
talis coetus, qualem exposui,
id. ib. 1, 26:
quae adhuc exposui,
id. ib. 2, 23:
obscura dilucide,
id. Fin. 4, 1, 1:
rem pluribus verbis,
id. ib. 3, 4, 15:
rem breviter,
id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:
mandata in senatu,
id. de Or. 2, 12, 49:
narrationem,
id. Or. 62, 210:
sententias ejus disputationis hoc libro,
id. Lael. 1, 3:
artes rhetoricas,
id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:
disputationem alicui,
id. Rep. 1, 8:
sermonem de amicitia alicui,
id. Lael. 1, 3:
eadem multitudini,
Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 4:
expone igitur primum animos remanere post mortem, tum docebis, etc.,
explain, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:
apud eosdem (censores), qui magistratu abierint, edant et exponant, quid in magistratu gesserint,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 47:
ex memoria alicui quid senatus censuerit,
id. Cat. 3, 6, 13:
ab initio, res quemadmodum gesta sit,
id. Rosc. Am. 5, 14; id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.:
hoc de quo modo exposuit Antonius,
id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:
expone nunc de reprehendendo,
id. Part. Or. 12, 44.—In abl. neutr. absol.:
Caesar contione advocata... exposito, quid iniquitas loci posset, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2 Oud.; so,
exposito quod nuntiatum erat,
Curt. 4, 13:
quasi gesta bello expositurus,
Tac. A. 15, 72: summum bonum exposuit vacuitatem doloris, i. q. definivit, be defined, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 14 Madv.; cf. ib. 5, 8, 22; and, expositio, ib. § 21.—Hence, expŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., qs. publicly set out; hence, open, free, accessible.
A.
Lit.:
limen,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 24:
census,
open to all, id. ib. 2, 2, 152:
numen (with nulli negatum),
Luc. 5, 103; cf.:
(homo) obvius et expositus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—As subst.: ex-pŏsĭta, ōrum, n., the open parts, those exposed to view:
frontem ejus tantum novi et exposita, quae ostendit etiam transeuntibus,
Sen. Ep. 55, 6.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Accessible, affable:
mores,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 246.—
2.
Of authors, intelligible, lucid:
optimos quidem, sed tamen eorum candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum velim,
Quint. 2, 5, 19.—
3.
In a bad sense, common, vulgar:
qui nihil expositum soleat deducere, etc.,
Juv. 7, 54.— Adv.: expŏ-sĭte, plainly, clearly:
non exposite et aperte ostendere, sed reconditā significatione,
Gell. 3, 2, 14.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > expono
15 exposita

ex-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (ante-class. perf. exposivit, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27;
sync. expostus,
Verg. A. 10, 694; Stat. Th. 7, 197), v. a., to put or set out, to set forth, expose (class.; most freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: expedio, explano, explico).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos et exposuit vasa Samia,
set out, Cic. Mur. 36, 75:
vasa,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:
apparatum in porticibus,
Suet. Caes. 10; cf.:
aliquid in publico,
Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; cf. id. 15, 5, 6, § 21:
herbam in sole,
Col. 12, 28, 1:
aliquem ictu,
to put out, turn out, Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 14:
cubito,
id. Cas. 4, 4, 27.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of children, to expose:
puellam ad necem,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 18; id. Cas. prol. 41; Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; Cic. Rep. 2, 2; Liv. 1, 4, 5; cf. id. 1, 6, 3:
ad januam matris,
Suet. Claud. 27 al. —
2.
Naut. t. t.
a.
To set on shore, to land, disembark:
milites ex navibus,
Caes. B. G. 4, 37, 1;
for which: socios de puppibus,
Verg. A. 10, 288:
milites in terram,
Caes. B. C. 3, 23, 2:
expositis omnibus copiis,
id. ib. 3, 29, 2; 1, 31 fin.; Liv. 24, 40, 9:
ibi in terram,
id. 34, 8, 7; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44; cf.:
in litora,
Liv. 37, 28, 8:
aegra mancipia in insulam,
Suet. Claud. 25; but also with abl.:
in Africa,
Liv. 28, 44, 10 Drak. N. cr.:
in terra,
Vell. 2, 79, 4:
in litore,
Suet. Caes. 4; Just. 22, 5; Liv. 2, 22, 3; 26, 17, 2; Sen. Ep. 53, 2:
in portu,
Just. 18, 1, 3:
ibi Themistoclem,
Nep. Them. 8, 7:
ad eum locum milites,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 3:
quibus regionibus exercitum exposuisset,
id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:
expositum peregrinis arenis os,
Ov. M. 11, 56:
quartā vix demum exponimur horā,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 23: advexi frumentum;
exposui, vendo meum, etc.,
have unloaded, unpacked, opened, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:
merces,
Dig. 14, 2, 10.—
b.
To throw on the ground, throw down:
paene exposivit cubito,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 34.—
c.
To throw overboard:
si propter necessitatem adversae tempestatis expositum onus fuerit,
Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 8.—
3.
Mercant. t. t.: pecuniam, to offer a sum to one, place at one's disposal, to be ready to pay:
de Oppio bene curasti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,
Cic. Att. 5, 4, 3 (for which, aperuisti, id. ib. 5, 1, 2).—
4.
Pregn., to leave exposed or unprotected, to expose, lay open (not ante-Aug.):
ad ictus,
Liv. 9, 35, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31:
ille ad omnes ictus expositus,
id. 9, 5, 9:
ne inermes provinciae barbaris nationibus exponerentur,
Tac. H. 3, 5:
exercitum hosti,
Flor. 3, 11; Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67:
ceteris animalibus imbecillitatem hominum,
Lact. 3, 23, 10; id. Epit. 9, 1; Val. Max. 7, 1, ext. 2:
piscibus beluisque,
Petr. 115:
exposito solibus loco,
Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 21.— Pass. absol.: (iracundi) simplices videntur, quia expositi sunt, Sen. de Ira, 2, 16, 3.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen.:
totam causam, judices, explicemus atque ante oculos expositam consideremus,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 34; cf.:
vitam alterius in oculis conspectuque omnium exponere,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:
disciplina puerilis publice exposita,
id. Rep. 4, 3:
orationem,
to publish, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf.:
capita exposita nec explicata,
id. Brut. 44, 164:
erant huic studio maxima exposita praemia,
id. de Or. 1, 4, 15:
praemium,
to set forth, propose, id. Quint. 23, 74: vitam suam exponere ad imitandum juventuti, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 104, 3:
factum expositum ad imitandum,
id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:
exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,
id. Rep. 1, 46:
opprobrio ad omnium convicia exposito,
Suet. Caes. 49:
expositum ad invidiam nomen,
Tac. H. 2, 53:
nomen Dei,
to prostitute, dishonor, Lact. 1, 7.—
B.
In partic., of speech, to set forth, exhibit, relate, explain, expound; constr. with acc. and inf., or a rel. clause as object, or with de:
coepit rationem hujus operis scientissime Gallus exponere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 14:
talis coetus, qualem exposui,
id. ib. 1, 26:
quae adhuc exposui,
id. ib. 2, 23:
obscura dilucide,
id. Fin. 4, 1, 1:
rem pluribus verbis,
id. ib. 3, 4, 15:
rem breviter,
id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:
mandata in senatu,
id. de Or. 2, 12, 49:
narrationem,
id. Or. 62, 210:
sententias ejus disputationis hoc libro,
id. Lael. 1, 3:
artes rhetoricas,
id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:
disputationem alicui,
id. Rep. 1, 8:
sermonem de amicitia alicui,
id. Lael. 1, 3:
eadem multitudini,
Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 4:
expone igitur primum animos remanere post mortem, tum docebis, etc.,
explain, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:
apud eosdem (censores), qui magistratu abierint, edant et exponant, quid in magistratu gesserint,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 47:
ex memoria alicui quid senatus censuerit,
id. Cat. 3, 6, 13:
ab initio, res quemadmodum gesta sit,
id. Rosc. Am. 5, 14; id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.:
hoc de quo modo exposuit Antonius,
id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:
expone nunc de reprehendendo,
id. Part. Or. 12, 44.—In abl. neutr. absol.:
Caesar contione advocata... exposito, quid iniquitas loci posset, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2 Oud.; so,
exposito quod nuntiatum erat,
Curt. 4, 13:
quasi gesta bello expositurus,
Tac. A. 15, 72: summum bonum exposuit vacuitatem doloris, i. q. definivit, be defined, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 14 Madv.; cf. ib. 5, 8, 22; and, expositio, ib. § 21.—Hence, expŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., qs. publicly set out; hence, open, free, accessible.
A.
Lit.:
limen,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 24:
census,
open to all, id. ib. 2, 2, 152:
numen (with nulli negatum),
Luc. 5, 103; cf.:
(homo) obvius et expositus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—As subst.: ex-pŏsĭta, ōrum, n., the open parts, those exposed to view:
frontem ejus tantum novi et exposita, quae ostendit etiam transeuntibus,
Sen. Ep. 55, 6.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Accessible, affable:
mores,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 246.—
2.
Of authors, intelligible, lucid:
optimos quidem, sed tamen eorum candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum velim,
Quint. 2, 5, 19.—
3.
In a bad sense, common, vulgar:
qui nihil expositum soleat deducere, etc.,
Juv. 7, 54.— Adv.: expŏ-sĭte, plainly, clearly:
non exposite et aperte ostendere, sed reconditā significatione,
Gell. 3, 2, 14.

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